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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tallis Piaget, author of Black Boogiemen

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Tallis Piaget, author of Black Boogiemen
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If a person grows up in the inner city and works hard (good grades, goes to college, earns a substantial degree), the first action this person performs upon reaching a somewhat successful status is LEAVE. In turn the inner city loses its most important assets, leaving these areas lacking positive role models. Well, “Black Boogiemen” is a fictional story about a charismatic leader that unites all of these successful men, and forces them to return to the worse parts of the inner city to LIVE.

This covert team of men (Black Boogiemen) truly bring about change to the inner city. They first begin to affect the aesthetics, beautifying the neighborhoods. They revamp the educational system making it more conducive to the young urban mind. Finally, they get rid of all of the drug dealers and gangbangers, and they force every urban youth to pull their pants up (or else). Eventually, the inner city morphs into something comparable to a Utopian Society, free of the nefarious aspects that plague all poor urban areas.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Black Boogiemen“?

Tallis Piaget: Being honest, I see the deplorable state of most inner cities throughout America. No matter what state we visit, their urban area is Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tallis Piaget, author of Black Boogiemen →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Ruby S. Garnett, author of Soul Sacrifice: One Story of Many

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Ruby S. Garnett, author of Soul Sacrifice: One Story of Many
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“Soul Sacrifice” is a shockingly true account of part of my adolescence and early adulthood living as as a Muslim woman and one of the wives of Malachi York, leader of what is now called The Nuwabian Nation – one of the nations largest cults. He was given one of the stiffest penalties for child sexual abuse in history.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Soul Sacrifice: One Story of Many”?

Ruby S. Garnett: I began writing “Soul Sacrifice” for therapeutic reasons until I continued to hear how the victims were being called liars and were Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Ruby S. Garnett, author of Soul Sacrifice: One Story of Many →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tasha Macklin, author of Baller Dreams

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Tasha Macklin, author of Baller Dreams
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“Baller Dreams” is about needing a dream to become reality so bad that it becomes an obsession. Being obsessed about something can be a blessing and a curse.

The blessing comes with having the heart and mind to work hard to make the dream come true and being rewarded for the fruits of your hustle. The curse comes in when the trappings of the dream is your only focus and you lose your sense of who you are and you forget about people and being careful, and you forget that karma visits everybody at least once a year.

“Baller Dreams” is about proclaiming you’re invincible when you’re only just flesh and blood.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Baller Dreams”?

Tasha Macklin: From loving so deeply, and struggling to create dreams that I want to become real, and from simply living life—the good and the Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tasha Macklin, author of Baller Dreams →