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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Stephen Witt, author of The Street Singer: A Tale of Sex, Money and Power in a Changing Brooklyn

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Stephen Witt, author of The Street Singer: A Tale of Sex, Money and Power in a Changing Brooklyn
(Changing Lives Press)

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When flat-broke subway singer Jason Spirit receives a large tip in his case from a sexy Russian woman, little does he know it leads to a relationship with Thaddeus Hoover – the high-powered New York City developer with plans to build a $5 billion basketball arena in Brooklyn.

Spirit winds up playing the developer against opponents of the project as he plots to get a song he’s written into the hands of BScott, the mogul Brooklyn rapper who’s invested in the basketball team and the project.

“The Street Singer” is a take-no-prisoner satire of present day New York City and Brooklyn, replete with big city politicians, developers, gentrification, poverty, hipsters, celebrity adulation and interracial co-mingling.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “The Street Singer: A Tale of Sex, Money and Power in a Changing Brooklyn”?

Stephen Witt: As a journalist, I covered the $5 billion Atlantic Yards project that brought the NBA’s New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn. I thought this would Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Stephen Witt, author of The Street Singer: A Tale of Sex, Money and Power in a Changing Brooklyn →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… NeNe Capri, author of The Pussy Trap 2: The Kiss of Death

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NeNe Capri, author of The Pussy Trap 2: The Kiss of Death
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“The Pussy Trap 2: The Kiss of Death” is the second installment to the series. KoKo is back with a thirst for revenge. Treachery looms thick in her midst as she plants the brutal Kiss of Death on whoever is in her way.

The plot thickens while KoKo is on her quest to find everyone involved in Kayson’s murder. Meanwhile a guilty confession and past family business resurfaces revealing hidden secrets that set a chain of events into play that may cause her whole world to come crumbling down.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “The Pussy Trap 2: The Kiss of Death”?

NeNe Capri: There is no better inspiration than to know that the readers you write for love what you do. When I first set out to write my first book Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… NeNe Capri, author of The Pussy Trap 2: The Kiss of Death →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… BlaQue, author of Exhale

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BlaQue, author of Exhale
(G Street Chronicles)

“Exhale” is a twisted look into the world of abuse. It touches many aspects of child, verbal, physical, drug and alcohol abuse all while living it through the main character, Butterflii Fields. We journey with her as she tries to overcome her tormented past and reach for a new future. Butta, as she likes to be called, finds love, only to have her love put to the ultimate test by way of her relationship with her only friend, Georgia.

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

BlaQue: I created “Exhale” with the children who are afraid to go home because of the abuse they suffer behind closed doors. The little girls, more Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… BlaQue, author of Exhale →