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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Imani Wisdom, author of Zion’s Road: A Love Story about Faith and Redemption

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Imani Wisdom, author of Zion’s Road: A Love Story about Faith and Redemption
(Pink Noire Publications, LLC)

Temptation lurks like a waiting virus, grabbing you when you least expect it, ravishing your heart, mind, and soul—convincing you to take the easy way, instead of staying on the right path.

Zion’s Road: A Love Story is about faith and redemption. Harold Smith—a former Klansman in a small town of Tulla Springs, Mississippi—discovers second chances are possible when he learns that walking on the right path leads to an adventure of discovering his truths. During Harold’s journey, he meets a stranger who is opposite to what he believes.

The two travelers share an experience, as they delve into one of the mysteries from Harold’s past to find a shattering reality. Left to wonder that everything he knew in his life contradicts these revelations, how will this new discovery affect Harold’s pursuit to redemption? Will the heartfelt pain be too unbearable to complete his journey?

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Zion’s Road: A Love Story about Faith and Redemption?

Imani Wisdom: The inspiration for Zion’s Road came from an aunt’s passing in 2003. She fought a long and hard battle against the progressive Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Imani Wisdom, author of Zion’s Road: A Love Story about Faith and Redemption →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… James Fant, author of An Ode for Orchids

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James Fant, author of An Ode for Orchids
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An Ode for Orchids is a story about four young women and the challenges that they face, such as making bad choices in men, dealing with infidelity, struggling with promiscuity, and dealing with rejection. But perhaps the most daunting challenge is dealing with the animosity that one woman can have for another woman. Time will reveal whether or not each of them will be strong enough to face the challenges that life will offer them.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write An Ode for Orchids?

James Fant: An Ode for Orchids was definitely divinely inspired. I started writing the story in 2006 and nearly shelved the idea after I started graduate Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… James Fant, author of An Ode for Orchids →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Maria McKenzie, author of The Governor’s Sons

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Maria McKenzie, author of The Governor’s Sons
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Providing a different glimpse into the lives of the hired help, The Governor’s Sons is a heart thumping account of forbidden love and political ambition in the deep South, a suspenseful tale of romance, deception, racial tension and ultimately, racial reconciliation within the powerful Kroth family.

During the summer of 1936, Ash Kroth, a young law student from a southern family of wealth and political prestige, falls in love with Kitty Wilkes, a beautiful “Negro” girl.

Nearly thirty years later, as a segregationist governor in the midst of civil rights turmoil, Ash is forced to confront the inevitable consequences of his love for her.

In 1965, Harland Hall, a black Civil Rights leader, moves to the capital city in an effort to quell the racial violence occurring not far from his mother’s home. But what mysterious link does this young man have to the Governor’s past?

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write The Governor’s Sons?

Maria McKenzie: About four years ago I read Essie Mae Washington Williams’s memoir, Dear Senator. She’s Thurmond’s love child by his family’s Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Maria McKenzie, author of The Governor’s Sons →