Sweet, Soft, Plenty RhythmAn ensemble cast novel about the perennial temptations of dangerous love, following a jazz musician and the multiple women some charmed by him, others scorned who find the power of their own voices in this thrilling debut. It's 2013, and Circus Palmer, a forty year old Boston based trumpet player and old school ladies man, lives for his music, and refuses to be tied down. Before a gig in Miami, he learns that the woman who is secretly closest to his

A remarkable

In the Black feminist tradition of Audre Lorde

breaking sky with their wings

Pierce tells stories that center the experiences of those living on the underside of history

" a couple leave their wild teenage daughter with her grandmother in Jamaica

Great Debater

Featuring James's upbeat

This new book substantially expands on that work

In Women Who Run with the Wolves

" this vibrant book is a perfect introduction to both historic and present-day icons and heroes

Beautifully woven from personal narrative

and finally found peace in God