Dance as though no one is watching you Love as though you have never been hurt Sing as though no one can hear you Live as though heaven is here on earth - Anonymous For millions of women, the words "You have breast cancer" are a harsh reality. For Black women, those words hit especially hard as the mortality rate for Black women is staggering. It's a battle Karen Eubanks Jackson knows all too well. A FOUR-time breast cancer survivor, Jackson has used her triumphs, tragedies and lessons learned to inspire others. Now, she’s sharing it all in this evocative new book, In the Company of My Sisters. First diagnosed in 1993, Jackson knew little about the disease, despite the fact that she’d had a relative die from breast cancer. It was, after all, a silent shame the family kept. Determined to educate herself, Jackson devoured herself in research. And when she couldn’t find information or support specifically for Black women, she set out to fill that void, creating Sisters Network Inc., the only national survivorship-run organization designed to increase local and national attention to the devastating impact that breast cancer has in the Black community. In the Company of My Sisters is Jackson’s story. Her truth in battling the disease for 27 years. How she survived. How she succeeded and built a national sisterhood of Black breast cancer survivors. How she hopes to continue inspiring and educating others along the way. The book is filled with personal experiences and observations from Jackson as well as other survivors, this book will give insight into what shaped Jackson into a woman able to beat breast cancer – again and again and again. And with all the valuable information Jackson has accumulated over the years, the book will also serve as a one-stop resource for all your breast cancer questions. For those battling breast cancer, those walking the journey with survivors, and those who just want to educate themselves, In the Company of My Sisters will inspire you by the beauty and strength of the human spirit and why Jackson has made it her life’s mission change the course of the narrative surrounding the disease and help Black women take action to beat breast cancer.
The argument posed in this analysis is that the poetic excesses of several major female poets, excesses that have been typically regarded as flaws in their work, are strategies for escaping the inhibiting and sometimes inimical conventions too often imposed on women writers. The forms of excess vary with each poet, but by conceiving of poetic excess in relation to literary decorum, this study establishes a shared motivation for such a strategy. Literary decorum is one instrument a culture employs to constrain its writers. Perhaps it is the most effective because it is the least definable. The excesses discussed here, like the criteria of decorum against which they are perceived, cannot be itemized as an immutable set of traits. Though decorum and excess shift over time and in different cultures, their relationship to one another remains strikingly stable. Thus, nineteenth-century standards for women's writing and late twentieth-century standards bear almost no relation. Emily Dickinson's do not anticipate Gertrude Stein's or Sylvia Plath's or Ntozake Shange's. Yet the charges of indecorousness leveled at these women poets repeat a fixed set of abstract grievances. Dickinson, Stein, Plath, Jayne Cortez, and Shange all engage in a poetics of excess as a means of rejecting the limitations and conventions of “female writing” that the larger culture imposes on them. In resisting conventions for feminine writing, these poets developed radical new poetries, yet their work was typically criticized or dismissed as excessive. Thus, Dickinson's form is classified as hysterical, and her figures tortured. Stein's works are called repetitive and nonsensical. Plath's tone is accused of being at once virulent and confessional, Cortez's poems violent and vulgar, Shange's work vengeful and self-righteous. The publishing history of these poets demonstrates both the opposition to such an aesthetic and the necessity for it.
In her debuting anthology, Following the Way of Love, Karen L. Jackson shares a compelling story about the complexities of abuse in its many forms sexual, physical, emotional, and verbal. This powerfully written book gives voice to the devastation victims of abuse face daily. We see the ripped flesh of their wounded hearts, hear the haunting cries of their soul, and are made privy to their vulnerable life experiences. But the author doesnt leave us in the valley of despair; rather she focuses on the increasing liberty one acquires as he/she journeys toward healing. Hope resonates on each page. Karens story rich in imagery and Biblical wisdom carefully unfolds in the blending of poetry, short stories, narratives, and teachings. Readers of this book will assuredly find themselves cheering for the champion within Karen and giving Him praise for creating a vessel of beauty from the ashes of her life. Order Your Copy Today!
What do you do in the valleys of life? Everyone has ups and downs, and the low points in life can be particularly hard to get out of. But there is hope-Karen Jackson has been deep in the Valley, and is now able to share her experience, which helped her develop a newer, deeper relationship with the Lord. Commissioned by the Lord into the ministry to preach the gospel in 1998, her life has been committed to serving Him. Soon after her conversion and many personal encounters with the Lord, she quickly realized that walking with the Lord means more than going to church on Sunday and Wednesday, and has been afforded the opportunity to learn what it means to have and maintain a deep, personal relationship with Him. Join Karen and learn what it takes to find the beauty in everything, develop a closer relationship with the Lord, and be a person who is Dancing While in the Valley. The degree of transparency unveiled by Dancing While in the Valley will be greatly appreciated by many. [Karen's] openness to share personal pains will become a great source of strength for others as they encounter their Valleys in life... Pastors Leon & Holly Manigan New Life Outreach International Huntsville, Alabama
Embarking on an Adventure with God: Finding Spiritual Fulfillment acknowledges that life entails facing those moments that challenge ones treasured notions, that scramble ones plans, and that cast doubt on the character of the future. Writing from the perspective of the survivor of exactly such life-altering moments, Dr. Karen M. Jackson assembles an honest telling of her own story and the pastoral insights she gained from her service as a Christian minister. Together, these elements undergird the message in her guide book for all who face the moments when they realize thatright now!God is calling them to step out on paths of adventure. In the course of presenting its seasoned and wise counsel, Embarking on an Adventure with God touches on fear, the power of prayer, ways to overcome obstacles, the linkage of faith and trust, the reality of the journeys pitfalls, the virtue of patience, the power of the Holy Spirit, the necessity of embracing integrity, and encouragement for refusing to compromise. Almost everyone who can read this book will have faced those moments that push them to recognize that they need to read this book. Life invariably brings those events that churn and tumble ones expectations and plans. Embarking on an Adventure with God: Finding Spiritual Fulfillment offers turmoil-tested guidance and insight for everyone who can say, Yes, I know lifes challenges. I desire for God to use them to set me on an adventuresome path to finding spiritual fulfillment.
A deft study of the evolving literary aesthetic of one of the first avant-garde black writers in America. In Split-Gut Song, Karen Jackson Ford looks at what it means to be African American, free, and creative by analyzing Jean Toomer's main body of work, specifically, his groundbreaking creation Cane. When first published in 1923, this pivotal work of modernism was widely hailed as inaugurating a truly artistic African American literary tradition. Yet Toomer's experiments in literary form are consistently read in terms of political radicalism—protest and uplift—rather than literary radicalism. Ford contextualizes Toomer's poetry, letters, and essays in the literary culture of his period and, through close readings of the poems, shows how they negotiate formal experimentation (imagism, fragmentation, dialect) and traditional African American forms (slave songs, field hollers, call-and-response sermons, lyric poetry). At the heart of Toomer's work is the paradox that poetry is both the saving grace of African American culture and that poetry cannot survive modernity. This contradiction, Ford argues, structures Cane, wherein traditional lyric poetry first flourishes, then falters, then falls silent. The Toomer that Ford discovers in Split-Gut Song is a complicated, contradictory poet who brings his vexed experience and ideas of racial identity to both conventional lyric and experimental forms. Although Toomer has been labelled a political radical, Ford argues that politics is peripheral in his experimental, stream-of-consciousness work. Rather Toomer exhibits a literary radicalism as he struggles to articulate his perplexed understanding of race and art in 20th-century America.
SNOWED IN WITH A BILLIONAIRE by Karen Booth Joy McKinley just had an embarrassing encounter with one of the wealthiest, sexiest men she's ever met. He found her hiding out in someone else's house under a name that isn't hers but when they get snowed in together, can their romance survive the truth? HIS SECRET SON by Brenda Jackson The father of Bristol Lockett's son died a hero's death...or so she was told. But, three years later, Coop is back and vowing to claim his child! Her son deserves to know his father, so Bristol must find a way to fight the all-consuming chemistry that is sizzling between them...and keep her heart safe.
This book explores lament in African American history from a theological perspective. Part One examines examples of African Americans’ use of lament as a framework for engaging both historical memory and social action. Part Two offers examples of lament as a pedagogical tool in classrooms and other educational settings.
Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! #2557 HIS SECRET SON The Westmoreland Legacy by Brenda Jackson The SEAL who fathered Bristol’s son died a hero’s death…or so she was told. But now Coop is back and vowing to claim his child! Her son deserves to know his father, so Bristol must find a way to fight temptation…and keep her heart safe. #2558 BEST MAN UNDER THE MISTLETOE Texas Cattleman’s Club: Blackmail by Jules Bennett Planning a wedding with the gorgeous, sexy best man would have been a lot easier if he weren’t Chelsea Hunt’s second-worst enemy. Gabe Walsh is furious that the sins of his uncle have also fallen on him, but soon his desire to prove his innocence turns into the desire to make her his! #2561 SNOWED IN WITH A BILLIONAIRE Secrets of the A-List by Karen Booth Joy McKinley just had to be rescued by one of the wealthiest, sexiest men she’s ever met. Especially when she’s hiding out in someone else’s house under a name that isn’t hers. But when they get snowed in together, can their romance survive the truth? Look for Harlequin® Desire’s December 2017 Box set 1 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes!
Remembering Me of Gary, Indiana: An Unexpected Crossroads From a Life of Love By: Emma Jackson-Causey Begin your journey to find your authentic self along with your spouse and heal your marriage. When we marry at a young age, we hope to have a life of closeness and connection with our spouse ‘til death do us part. What you don’t realize often times is that you need a break or two to rediscover YOU in the marriage. I came to realize that I, too, needed this time to rediscover me. I let go of my fear, doubt, and anxiety, and I let God begin His work in our lives, individually. Praying for a Christ-like attitude towards my marriage was the key to transitioning to Fishers, Indiana, in a great mood and feeling partnered with Christ. I no longer felt alone; I was praying to the author of life, love, and marriage. God took his rightful place in my heart. He became my first love, again. Sentimentally yours, Emma
Complexity in childbirth is growing significantly due to several factors that include increasing maternal age, rising levels of obesity and related diabetes. Women labelled as moderate or high risk are often excluded from useful strategies that low risk women enjoy, such as using water immersion for labour, aromatherapy or mobilisation. They then can immediately follow a pathway of increased surveillance and interventions that may or may not be clinically indicated. This text offers expert guidance and specialist knowledge on the evidence for normalizing and humanizing complicated or challenging pregnancies, labours and birth. It covers a range of practice issues from multiple births to breech presentations, gestational diabetes to VBAC. Comprehensively written for midwifery students and those already in practice, it’s also useful for obstetricians and medical students who wish to provide more holistic maternity care and promote optimum childbirth. With case studies and helpful summaries of points for practice, this is the go-to text for those looking for up-to-date guidance on maximizing normal physiology and also normalizing or humanizing challenging or complex childbirth in midwifery practice. An essential read for today’s midwife. Includes a Foreword by Professor Soo Downe, University of Central Lancashire, UK. "Normalizing Challenging or Complex Childbirth, edited by Karen Jackson and Helen Wightman, provides an insightful and informative perspective on an array of midwifery issues pertinent to today’s society, including: obesity, VBAC and diabetes. Karen Jackson’s first chapter 'The concept of normality in the context of challenging or complex childbirth' sets the standard for additional eminent contributing authors; and they follow with an engaging exploration and explanation of the issues which is seamless in terms of application to practice and is supported by real life case studies and key practice points. This is a must read resource for midwives, students and educators." Janet Israel, Midwifery Lecturer, Cardiff University, UK "Normalizing Challenging or Complex Childbirth provides midwives and students with a refreshingly practical and sensitive approach to caring for women when pregnancy and birth bring additional physiological challenges. New and emerging evidence on important clinical scenarios is presented with great compassion in the context of contemporary midwifery care. This book will be an important resource to midwives wishing to provide individualised sensitive care to women facing the challenge of an unexpected, or complex, pregnancy path.” Julia Sanders, PhD Consultant Midwife and Reader in Midwifery, Cardiff University, UK
This volume examines the school-to-prison pipeline, a concept that has received growing attention over the past 10–15 years in the United States. The “pipeline” refers to a number of interrelated concepts and activities that most often include the criminalization of students and student behavior, the police-like state found in many schools throughout the country, and the introduction of youth into the criminal justice system at an early age. The school-to-prison pipeline negatively and disproportionally affects communities of color throughout the United States, particularly in urban areas. Given the demographic composition of public schools in the United States, the nature of student performance in schools over the past 50 years, the manifestation of school-to-prison pipeline approaches pervasive throughout the country and the world, and the growing incarceration rates for youth, this volume explores this issue from the sociological, criminological, and educational perspectives. Understanding, Dismantling, and Disrupting the Prison-to-School Pipeline has contributions from scholars and practitioners who work in the fields of sociology, counseling, criminal justice, and who are working to dismantle the pipeline. While the academic conversation has consistently called the pipeline ‘school-to-prison,’ including the framing of many chapters in this book, the economic and market forces driving the prison-industrial complex urge us to consider reframing the pipeline as one working from ‘prison-to-school.’ This volume points toward the tensions between efforts to articulate values of democratic education and schooling against practices that criminalize youth and engage students in reductionist and legalistic manners.
13 SCARY STORIES. 13 AUTHORS OF COLOR. 13 TIMES WE SURVIVED... THE FIRST KILL. The White Guy Dies First includes thirteen scary stories by all-star contributors and this time, the white guy dies first. Killer clowns, a hungry hedge maze, and rich kids who got bored. Friendly cannibals, impossible slashers, and the dead who don’t stay dead.... A museum curator who despises “diasporic inaccuracies.” A sweet girl and her diary of happy thoughts. An old house that just wants friends forever.... These stories are filled with ancient terrors and modern villains, but go ahead, go into the basement, step onto the old plantation, and open the magician’s mystery box because this time, the white guy dies first. Edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker, including stories from bestselling, award-winning, and up-and-coming contributors: Adiba Jaigirdar, Alexis Henderson, Chloe Gong, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, H. E. Edgmon, Kalynn Bayron, Karen Strong, Kendare Blake, Lamar Giles, Mark Oshiro, Naseem Jamnia, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Terry J. Benton-Walker. A collection you’ll be dying to talk about... if you survive it. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Brothers Jeremy, 7, and JD, 4, live on a horse farm with Mom and their dog Jessica. Jeremy calls Jessica "The Furry Baroo" because whenever she meets someone new she says "Baroo baroo, who are you?" Jessica narrates the story: Jeremy, JD and Jessica help Mom with the chores on the farm, taking care of the horses. But when they think Sunshine, one of their horses, and her new colt Half Moon are lost in the woods, they go searching for them, encountering "wild" animals such as a skunk and gray fox along the way. The behavior of the animals is explained in a simple and entertaining way with each encounter as the animals help them in the search. Understanding and respecting rather than fearing the animals lead children to empathize with and care about these wild creatures. Authors Judith Wheeler Moore and Jeremy Jackson Moore Illustrated by Karen Brown Growing up with horses and dogs as friends and companions, Judy shared her love for animals and nature with sons Jeremy and James Dustin. After obtaining an M.A. Ed. from The College of William and Mary, her work as an educator in natural science museums in Virginia and Texas led her to the firm belief that every wild creature needs to be understood and respected in order to be appreciated and valued. Jeremy, a graduate of The University of Arizona, grew up with a family of animals and friends who were his playmates and confidants. He was their protector as much as they were his. He believes that those who mean everything to us should be loved, cared for, respected, and always remembered - his reason for writing Jessica the Furry Baroo with his mom. Professional artist Karen Brown began her art education with Lucretia Newman, a student of Frank Reaugh. Her areas of expertise include western-themed oil paintings of children, horses, and American Indians. She and her husband Tony live on a farm in Nemo, Texas.
When looking at Jack and the Seed, you will begin to understand as long as the earth remains there will be seed time and harvest. We are all farmers; however, we must apply the principles. According to the scripture (the Word of God) and then we shall prosper spirit, soul, and body. "Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers." III John 2 Jack inclined his ear to wisdom when he met Willie the Wise Man and he applied his heart to understanding. When Willie the Wise Man shared the Word of God with him, silver and gold he had not to give. He gave Jack knowledge, which enabled him to live and Jack found it as hidden treasures. He received the fear of God and found the knowledge of God, which allowed Jack to walk in the full prosperity of the Lord God. "I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me." "I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, that I may fill their treasures." Proverbs 8:17,21 (SFLB) "For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not evil. To give you hope in your final outcome." Jeremiah 29:11 (AMP) "Then you will call upon Me. And you will come and pray to Me. And I will hear and heed you." Jeremiah 29:12 (AMP) "Then you will seek Me, require for, and require Me as a vital necessity and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13 (AMP) "For whoever finds Me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord." Proverbs 8:35
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