New Book Accepted for Consideration in the NAACP Image Award in Literature

“Life Is a Choice: A Guide to Success in Life” by Dr. David Washington is Vying for Nomination
RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 13, 2011 — The newly released book, Life Is a Choice: A Guide to Success in Life, has been accepted for consideration by the NAACP Image Award Office of Submission.
Life Is a C…

Being a Child of the Greatest Generation

FORT BRAGG, Calif., March 23, 2010 — As I Remember: A 1940s Childhood (Avenue Design, Inc., http://www.avenue-design.com) has been written through the entertaining perspective of a romantic boy. The time is during and just after the Second World War. The setting is Reno, Nevada and the high dese…

When There Is a ‘Fear of Falling,’ Jump!: Teens Wrestle with Prejudice, Take a Stand for ‘Outsiders’

BRISTOL, R.I., Oct. 7, 2009 — Maddie Hickman is 16 and fresh off the worst year of her life, which includes not one but two ex-boyfriends. Maddie swears off love and her once-beloved self-help books, and spends her after-school hours editing the school paper and banging out weepy poems – unti…