TJMF Publishing's newest release "Ghosts of the Gray Pony" by Dr. Carlos E. Russell 

 

“Dr. Russell uses his journalistic skills to pen a splendid tapestry, upon which he conveys the essence and texture of lived experiences into skillful story telling. The stories move from the streets of New York to Panama and Africa, while charting the intersecting lives of characters throughout the Black Diaspora. The cover of the book is representative of the lead story. This book is a superb scholarly accomplishment."

…. Oswald E. Baptiste                Afro-Panavisions.com

 

There will be a launching and signing celebration of Ghosts of tje Gray Pony" - a book of "Short Stories” on Saturday, January 14, 2012, between 5pm and 7pm. This gala event will be held at the Restoration Plaza’s “Sky Light Gallery,” 1368 Fulton Street in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Between Brooklyn and New York Avenues).

 

Oklahoma Cantos winner of the 2011 Oklahoma Writer’s Federation Best Book of Poetry Award for 2011.

Ron Wallace, a member of Southeastern Oklahoma State University's adjunct English faculty, is publishing a new book of poetry.

 

"Oklahoma Cantos and Other Pieces of the Whole," with an introduction by best-selling author and former Southeastern professor Billie Letts, will be released in August/September by TJMF Publishing of Clarksville, Indiana.

 

 Wallace is scheduled to read from the new work at the Performing Arts Studio in Norman, Oklahoma, on Oct. 10 with fellow Southeastern instructor Chuck Ladd open­ing with the work of the late Southeastern professor Howard Starks.

 

 Ron  is the author of three volumes of poetry, "Native Son (American Poems from the Heart of Oklahoma)," a finalist in the 2007 Oklahoma Book Awards; "Smoke and Stone (The Voices of Gettysburg"); and "I Come from Cowboys... and Indians,"  the winner of the 2009 Oklahoma Writer's Federation Best Book of Poetry Award.

Wallace's work has also been published in numerous magazines and anthologies.

 

Proud of his Oklahoma roots and Native American blood, Wallace's poetry is fre­quently tinged with the lan­guage and stories of his land and family. His work is predominantly narrative free verse, at times a storytelling style common among the Native peoples of the area, and strongly influ­enced by Howard Starks, James Dickey, Yusef Komunyakaa and Robinson Jeffers. His work also bears the marks of songwriters such as Chris Wall, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Guy Clark and Kris Kristofferson, earning him recognition from "Outlaw Magazine" as a modem Outlaw Poet.

 

A Durant native, Wallace served 30 years as an instructor and coach in the Oklahoma Public School System at Colbert, Oklahoma.

 

 

Ken Nye in a documentary

 

A camera team from Maine Public Broadcasting visited Ken recently, while Ken was reading in Camden. They were there doing a documentary on Parkinson's in Maine.  MPBN learned about Ken's reading and that he himself had Parkinson's and they got very interested.  So they taped his one hour and then interviewed him for about thirty minutes and taped that, too.  

 

Ken's latest book, Clouds of Glory was named Runner Up as best self-published book in Maine in 2009.  Of course, you might remember that From the Heart was named best  in 2007.

 

We're also waiting to hear that Ken may be teaching a course in Poetry soon with his books as the course text books. 

    Ken Nye - Clouds of Glory

Ken Nye's new book Clouds of Glory hit the bookshelves in December 2010 and immediately became a hit amongst his avid fans in Maine.  On the road, appearances and signings, Ken has been the busiest retired professor in the state of Maine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Evans' New Book "Spring Turns Too Soon

 

to Winter" Released.

 

John Weldon Evans was born in La Boca, Canal Zone and graduated from La Boca Normal Training School in 1948. He taught in the Canal Zone “colored schools” until 1956 when he migrated to the United States and there furthered his education and career. In the United States he achieved a Bachelor of Arts and two Master of Arts degrees. He worked as a lecturer in mathematics and  subsequently as Associate Director in charge of  Academic Affairs and as Interim Executive Director at the State University of New York Manhattan Educational  Opportunity Center, administered by the Borough of Manhattan Community College.

 

John Weldon Evans writes with open eyes. His poetry illuminates unvarnished realities— prejudice, injustice, loss—but ultimately massages us with goodness and balance. In his own words, “We are part of the pulse of nature.” Spring Turns Too Soon to Winter embraces the flow of the natural world. From rebirth of spring, into passions of love and summer, through autumn’s beauty and the loss associated with winter, Evans carries us on loving shoulders and compassionate words. This is a book filled with redemption, from a man filled with peace.  Patty Zion, author of Child at Heart: Poems for Your Inner Child and Nurturing a Poem