Blues singer and drummer Larry Hill Taylor grew up in the 60's in the historic Lawndale neighborhoold on Chicago's rough and soulful West Side. His "almost famous" mother and stepfather, singer Vera Taylor and Eddie Taylor came to Chicago during the Great Black Migration from Mississippi. At 5 yrs of age Larry was inspired by watching a drummer playing on the infamous Maxwell Street.  He went home and fashioned his first set of drums out of cardboard boxes, pots and pans. Now in his mid-50's, Larry has survived the blues life -- family abuse and conflict, gangs, prison, drugs and the streets. He has spent 30 years drumming, singing and learning the blues from his musical elders as they change people's hard times into good times.

 

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Bonni McKeown, lifelong writer, activist, and blues piano player is the "as-told-to" co-author of the book "Stepson of the Blues." A West Virginian who came to the Windy City to learn the blues, she is the author of one previous biography of a West Virginia conscientious objector who served in Vietnam as a medic: Peaceful Patriot: The Story of Tom Bennett (Mountain State Press - 1980).  She profiled under-promoted African American musicians in the 2007 for Metro Valley magazine in
Charleston, the state's capital.  She wrote a cover story about Chicago's West Side blues men and women in 2006 for Detroit's Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine.

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Life is a contact sport in Chicago's vicious underworld.  Follow Legend Hamilton and his cohort Antonio "Black" Freeman as they try to avoid jail and the cemetery while  chasing the American Dream. Street savvy and college-educated, Legend tries to keep his team ahead of the curve. After countless attempts to attain a foothold, they finally happen upon what seems like their passport to glory.  Will they get to enjoy the fruits of their labor or will it just lead to another Dead End?

 

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Moved by the death of his neighbor to lung cancer - as well as a series of intriguing dreams about Malcolm X - Elvis Slaughter embarked on a fact-finding mission to explore the possible connection between her untimely demise and asbestos exposure. What he eventually found though, was much more than he could possibly imagine: evidence of a collusive cover-up regarding the accepted practices of the construction industry in the city of Chicago. As a result of the willful disregard for the health and safety of the general public, many of innocent souls have been exposed to dangerous carcinogenic materials devastating the lives of countless families for many years. 

 
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E. Slaughter, Sr. holds a master's degree in criminal justice and corrections from Chicago State University. Slaughter has over thirty years of experience in criminal justice and law enforcement, including investigation training.  He is a part-time consultant, community activist, 2009-2010 president of the Illinois Academy of Criminology, and former 1st vice president of the NAACP Chicago West Side branch.  He is the author of The American Genocide, Ghosts of Hollandale and publisher and co-author of Uncle Percy's Blessing with his daughter Lori N. Slaughter.You can contact the author for additional information by email at ESlaugh108@aol.com or P.O. 314, Calumet City, IL 60409.  For more information go to www.the-malcolm-x-project.com 

 

 

 

The Big Brown Box is a story from actual childhood experience of mine.  A delivery is made on the block and children are anxiously waiting for the box to be discarded.

It is a story depicting the simple pleasures of creative play by children in an era when WII, X-Box, Playstation and other video games were not in existence.

The book focuses on the use of two tier vocabulary words.  These are words that children may have seen or heard, but perhaps do not know their meaning.  These words are highlighted throughout the book along with student friendly definitions listed on the last page.  This book is also accompanied with a CD narrated by the author. This CD can be used to enhance reading fluency and entertain children as they follow along with the book.

 

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Karen Bellamy, a retired educator, taught for 32 years.  She taught Early Childhood students in grades Kindergarten through 3rd grade and worked as a reading coach with Primary teachers. Her love of reading is a gift she desires to pass on to children of all ages. She wants children to visualize the books coming to life as they read while increasing their vocabulary through reading.

Her educational and professional achievements include: Master in Early Childhood Education; Master in Reading; Type 10 Reading Specialist; a nominee into Who's Who Among American Teachers.

Karen was inspired to write "The Big Brown Box" based upon her childhood experience.  She believes that that simple things are the pleasures of childhood.  A native of Chicago, IL, Karen is a living wife and mother of two wonderful children, Kea and Ronald (Jr.), and eight grandchildren. 

 

 

 

Lullabies of Life: A Collection of Thoughts is a collection of poems. The book is based around love, relationships, life, parenthood, and spirituality.  It is inspirational and uplifting.  It will make you laugh, cry, and even dream. Lullabies  captures various ideas and subjects about many types of people.  This book is for the young to the mature adult. It  has the power to create bonds between strangers and family.

 

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"Ebonie Grady has created an outstanding work of art with her heartfelt and often gut-wrenching poetry that speaks to the human experience."  Efi James, Atty.at Law

 

"Ebonie's writing is uplifting,soulful, insightlful and imbued with passion.  Every word takes you on an elusive yet exhilarating journey." Tracy Dean Ponder - Writer,Director,Producer - Ponder This Productions Inc.
 

Ebonie Grady is a native Chicagoan.  She currently works as a Residential Advisor at the Paul Simon Job Corps, where she oversees teens in a residential living facility for students. She is a blessing to each student that comes her way offering her love, kindness and sincerity. Ebonie is an inspired writer.  She began writing at the age of 10.  Her writing is inspired by Maya Angelou, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Michelle McKinney-Hammond.

Ebonie is a beautiful woman of integrity.  She is a woman of God who likes to bless others with love and kind deeds.  She values, loves and cherishes her family, and is a role model to her five younger siblings, and her two sons, ages 19 and 9.

 

 

 

 

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