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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Faydra D. Fields, author of This Day in African-American History, January

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Faydra D. Fields, author of This Day in African-American History, January
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This Day in African-American History, January is a quick reference guide to facts about people, places and events that have shaped American history and the African-American experience in America.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write This Day in African-American History, January?

Faydra D. Fields: I have a column on Examiner.com (http://www.examiner.com/africanamerican-history-in-national/faydra-fields) where I write articles about African-American History.

When 2012 started, I decided I was going to do an article each day that Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Faydra D. Fields, author of This Day in African-American History, January →

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Book Review: The Pride by Faydra D. Fields

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The Pride
by Faydra D. Fields
5 of 5 Stars

 The Pride, Faydra D. Fields’ debut novel, is unconventional in concept, yet impeccable in its approach to an interesting conundrum: a single Black man with ten children by four different women. Sounds like it’s going to be high in low-brow drama, right? Wrong!

Taking a scenario that could quite well be a train wreck befitting a full episode of the Jerry Springer Show, Fields takes The Pride in a decidedly literary direction. Instead of making a mockery of the situation, as is popular in today’s society, the author orchestrates a blended family which slowly becomes singular in purpose and remains varied in personalities and perspectives – like a real family.

pride – (noun) pleasure or satisfaction taken in something done by or belonging to oneself or believed to reflect credit upon oneself; (noun) a group, especially of lions Continue reading Book Review: The Pride by Faydra D. Fields →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Faydra D. Fields, author of The Pride

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JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview
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Faydra D. Fields, author of The Pride
(Sola Mente Publishing)

Four women have two things in common. They’re all mothers, and the father of their children is the same man.

Although Emmanuel does everything he can to provide for his own household, and four others, it’s just not enough to keep the mothers of his children from just scraping by.

Xavari convinces Denise, Angela and Romina that the four of them must pick up the slack where Emmanuel is unable.

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

Faydra D. Fields: I was watching “The First 48” on television one evening, and they were looking for the killer of a young man who was the father of seven children. It turned out Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Faydra D. Fields, author of The Pride →