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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Angelia Vernon Menchan, author of Zen Cooper: Grown Woman

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Angelia Vernon Menchan, author of Zen Cooper: Grown Woman
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Zen Cooper has been gone from Center City for over three years. At age twenty, she has earned a degree from Howard University and plans to go home for a short stay before returning to Howard to become an assistant.

But there are Zen’s plans, and then there is life…

Her father Charlie has been away in Africa for three years, seeking wellness and her mother is still mired down in fear and a lack of confidence in who she is. Her grandmother, Willie Mae is determined to control what goes on around her, while unable to control herself.

More interesting is the new dancer who has shown up in town with plans of his own, that might include Zen, especially since Zen Cooper is a “grown woman” now.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Zen Cooper: Grown Woman”?

Angelia Vernon Menchan: Zen was inspired, in many ways, by the girl I was – growing up in a less than stellar neighborhood and being known as a brainy, odd girl with very strong opinions. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Angelia Vernon Menchan, author of Zen Cooper: Grown Woman →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Angelia Vernon Menchan, author of Aiola, Leader Blamazons…

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Angelia Vernon Menchan, author of Aiola, Leader Blamazons…
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Aiola stood six feet, three inches in her bare feet. Her measurements were 40-26-40. Her body was literally sculpted. That was to be expected of the new resident leader of The Blamazons, a species of black women who were tall, well-developed and totally ran their own island, Blamazonia. They hired men to work, provide them with sperm for babies and pleasure. Beyond that, they had no use for them. The sisterhood provided all else that was required.

Aiola was the only daughter of Aahna who had reigned from age 25 to 50. Now at 25, it was Aiola’s turn. Aahna was a bit concerned because her daughter was hot-headed and volatile. She was also not interested in having children.

When male children were born, they were raised and then sent to other islands. The girls had the option to stay or leave. The boys were all tattooed with the names of their mothers to avoid cross-breeding.

Aiola didn’t like that component of giving away children, so she vowed to never have them. There were many shake-ups planned.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Aiola, Leader Blamazons…“?

Angelia Vernon Menchan: My inspiration is from imagination, conversations and life experiences… Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Angelia Vernon Menchan, author of Aiola, Leader Blamazons… →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Angelia Vernon Menchan, author of FAMILY, FRIENDS, FOES? A Malcolm Black Novel

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Angelia Vernon Menchan, author of FAMILY, FRIENDS, FOES? A Malcolm Black Novel
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Malcolm and Cinnamon Black have weathered the storms of early marriage and a mayoral campaign that pulled every skeleton from the closet and threw it naked into the fray for all the world to see. Cinnamon was painted as a scarlet woman, and it nearly broke Malcolm’s resolve to run for mayor.

But they survived all that, and Malcolm is now the first Black Mayor of Center City, Florida. Will he and his beloved first lady, Cinnamon be able to make a difference or will they be stopped at every turn by the maneuvers and dramas of FAMILY, FRIENDS and FOES?

Read and you will find out, Angelia Vernon Menchan brings it once again. It’s the follow up to The Blacks’: LOVE’S POLITICS.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write FAMILY, FRIENDS, FOES?

Angelia Vernon Menchan: I have actually published several books with many of the characters. This book is the followup to Mrs. Black? from 2009 Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Angelia Vernon Menchan, author of FAMILY, FRIENDS, FOES? A Malcolm Black Novel →