My Blog Lyric Fire – Sunday Solace
I usually present a Book Binge selection on Sunday, but I needed to do something different today. This holiday season is feeling very different for me for a lot of…
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My Blog Lyric Fire-Books to Binge on: “Honey, Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women’s Humor” and…
I chose two selections to feature in the Book Binge today because I needed a double shot of literary pain relief. It’s been a rough weekend. I’m suffering from a…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Book to Binge On: “Women of a New Tribe” by Jerry Taliaferro
With all of the talk about “For Colored Girls” and the premiere of the BET special Black Girls Rock, I thought I’d pick a book for this Sunday’s Book Binge…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Book to Binge On: Will Be Back Next Sunday…
There will be no Book to Binge on selection this Sunday as I will be working the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in New York’s glorious Central Park. Actually, while you’re…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Book to Binge On: Michael Symon’s Live to Cook: Recipes and Techniques to Rock Your Kitchen
This Sunday’s Book to Binge on comes from Iron Chef Michael Symon. With his trademark distinctive chuckle and engaging smile, Michael Symon has the ability to draw you in. I’m…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Happy Birthday Lyric Fire!
I have been super busy recruiting corporate walk teams and garnering sponsorships and refreshment donations for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk which is taking place in New York…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Book to Binge On: “Some Sing, Some Cry” By Ntozake Shange and Ifa Bayeza
All you have to do is mention “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf” and most people know the author. They may not know how to…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Night Scapes
Walking down empty streets Infusing color on grayness Spray can in my hand Bluetooth in my ear Speaking into silence I hit the voice recorder button Documenting Explaining Why I…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Book to Binge On: “The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women” – By James Ellroy
After attending and volunteering at the Shedding Light on the Adoption Experience Conference in New York City over the weekend, I was drawn to select a Book to Binge on that delves…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Sexy Is…
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My Blog Lyric Fire: Book to Binge on: “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak
After scouring websites and magazines for a new book to binge on this Sunday, I discovered “The Book Thief,” released in 2006. The title caught my attention and when I…
My Blog – Lyric Fire: My First Fashion Week Blog Post! Ever!
Anyone who REALLY knows me well knows that I am NOT and I repeat NOT a fashionista. I wear what’s comfortable and SOMETIMES it’s cute. I love pinks, purples, hats,…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Book to Binge On: “The Cross of Redemption” – By James Baldwin – NYTimes.com
James Baldwin is one of my favorite authors. He put passion and pain on the page like no other. So I’m choosing “The Cross of Redemption-Uncollected Writings” as this Sunday’s…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Souls of Our September
Nine years have passed so quickly. We’ve picked up the pieces and compartmentalized our memories so that we can cope with having lost close to 3,000 innocent people (discounting the…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Who Are Your Favorite Writers?
Historical fiction, descriptive travel journals, spicy erotic novels, biographies and mysteries sometimes serve as the portal to places that we could never go in real life. So who are some…
My Blog Lyric Fire: A Book To Binge On-“The Warmth of Other Suns”
In my never-ending search for good books to binge on I’ve decided to post a new selection every Sunday. A book I’m really looking forward to reading is “The Warmth…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Knowing Your Literary Worth-A Multi-Part Series-Take 2
In the last installment I wrote about the temptation of departing from the pure true core of my work for the promise of publication, but I thought I’d delve a…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Knowing Your Literary Worth-A Multi-Part Series
When I put pen to paper or fingers to keys in that moment I’ve taken a vow. I’m literally married to my work. I don’t take the union lightly. I…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Sexy R&B Power Singers Who Will Scare Your Clothes Off!
All this hot weather is making me focus on fun things so that’s why you haven’t had a post from me in a while. I thought I’d get back on…
My Blog – Lyric Fire: Inspire Fire
Creative types are sometimes inspired by the interesting and unlikely. A piece of trash on the ground, a certain scent, a passerby’s conversation with a friend and a whole host…