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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Vanna B., author of Fancy

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Vanna B, author of Fancy
(Hope Street Publishing)

Maribel “Fancy” Alvarez is a trendy socialite who has it all: enviable looks, popularity and a closet full of designer threads. She lives an amazing life. At least that’s what she’s led everyone to believe. Fancy goes to great lengths to keep up a façade of perfection, but when a series of unfortunate events rattles her world, everything begins to fall apart.

She’s always been taught to use what she’s got to get what she wants. Deep down inside, Fancy knows there is truly more to her than just a beautiful face and perfect body. Will she abandon the superficial lifestyle she’s come to know or succumb to the temptation of the almighty dollar?

Fancy chronicles the life of a woman torn between the person she is and the person she wants to be. This iconic story will resonate with readers who, like Fancy, have battled issues within, as well as outside influences, while struggling to find themselves amidst a world of chaos.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Fancy?

Vanna B.: I fashioned the premise of Fancy and character Fancy around the concept of people being fraudulent and trying to depict themselves as Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Vanna B., author of Fancy →

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JoeyPinkney.com Book Review of Crying for Tears by Saleem Little

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Crying for Tears: The Sasha Pierce Story
by Saleem Little
3 of 5 Stars

Harrisburg, PA. Oslo, Norway. Gauteg, South Africa.

Question: What do they have in common? Answer: Saleem Little’s novel Crying for Tears: The Sasha Pierce Story. Little effortlessly brings the global human trafficking problem to the consciousness of Urban Lit readers.

The reality of HIV, cocaine and heroin addiction, violence and poverty is strewn throughout this novel. Crying for Tears is a very insightful read, not because of the elements it contains, but for the connections that are made. Little shows the collateral damage that flows through the families of inner-cities ravaged by the crack epidemic. This book captures the overlap that happens when a son could very well find himself supplying his aunt or uncle’s drug habit. Continue reading JoeyPinkney.com Book Review of Crying for Tears by Saleem Little →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Carolyn Vines, author of black and (A)broad: traveling beyond the limitations of identity

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Carolyn Vines, author of black and (A)broad: traveling beyond the limitations of identity
(adelaar books)

How traveling and living abroad transformed how I see myself as a black woman in the world.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write black and (A)broad: traveling beyond the limitations of identity?

Carolyn Vines: Living and traveling abroad for the last 20 years inspired me to write a book for other black women who’d like to do the same but don’t Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Carolyn Vines, author of black and (A)broad: traveling beyond the limitations of identity →