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Two sisters and authors are back with their follow-up sequel Mirrored Images. This is where their story in Different Sides of the Same Coin left off. In this poetic adaptation, Chyrel J. Jackson and Lyris D. Wallace navigate the pouring rains of life conditions as they tell their tale in poetic contemporary modern verse reflecting on present-day social and political events facing the Black community. In this heartrending collection of poems, the sisters further deal with life as it unfolds as they try to arrive to a collective center of peace and understanding.
Mirrored Images is a written meditation about people's sometimes darker actions and motives. We journey with these ladies as they honestly tackle racism, frayed familial dynamics, and embracing a sister bond that has proven to be impenetrable.
This time around Blues is the preferred backdrop of their gripping tale. Prepare to be wowed beyond expectation as these writings and poems deliver more of everything you loved in book one while remaining authentically true to their soulful and riveting narrative as Black women. Where their first collection of Black Expression revisited Harlem Renaissance and cashed with 2018-2019 social unrest. In Mirrored Images, they rip the bandages off human life experience and force you to see what most are happier pretending just does not exist at all.
Spoken word is back and these literary writers take social conflict and unrest to brand-new unchartered heights.
Mirrored Images is a written meditation about people's sometimes darker actions and motives. We journey with these ladies as they honestly tackle racism, frayed familial dynamics, and embracing a sister bond that has proven to be impenetrable.
This time around Blues is the preferred backdrop of their gripping tale. Prepare to be wowed beyond expectation as these writings and poems deliver more of everything you loved in book one while remaining authentically true to their soulful and riveting narrative as Black women. Where their first collection of Black Expression revisited Harlem Renaissance and cashed with 2018-2019 social unrest. In Mirrored Images, they rip the bandages off human life experience and force you to see what most are happier pretending just does not exist at all.
Spoken word is back and these literary writers take social conflict and unrest to brand-new unchartered heights.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781737046608 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Black Angels In Flight |
| Publication date: | 05/28/2021 |
| Pages: | 448 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.91(d) |
About the Author
Chyrel J. Jackson and Lyris D. Wallace are avid lovers, readers, and writers of African American Literature. They grew up in a Southern Suburb of Chicago, IL. Country Club Hills. As young girls, they read Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, and Judy Blume novels. College was the real scholastic awakening introducing these two Literary Enthusiasts to the Literary works of their great ancestors: James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, and Sonia Sanchez. These writers influenced Chyrel and Lyris. It only makes sense that they would now be writing in the Spirit of these ancestors. Giving a voice to social issues that plague our modern time.
Their latest self-published work a book of poetry is Mirrored Images. It is a contemporary modern collage of poetry as experienced from the Black female perspective of 2 sisters and authors. This collection of poems is refreshing and unique. It is a heartwarming work of a new-age black voice and spoken word. This adaptation highlights the human experience of life, love, loss, parting, and sorrow. Timeless wording, honestly written with a little of the unexpected. Black Expression has never been more relevant and real. This work explores the sometime darker natures of people and their motives. Mirrored Images rips the bandages off human life experiences, forcing you to see what many are happier pretending just does not exist. Spoken word is back and these literary writers take social conflict and unrest to brand-new unchartered heights.
They have written for much of their adult lives. Political Opinion Editorials, Book Reviews, Romance Novels, Television Show Treatments, Journaling, and Poetry are what these sisters enjoy writing best. When asked why they write? Their answer, they write for visibility. They want to be a voice for all those who feel they have something of value to say but aren’t capable of putting it in their own words.
Words surpass life, love, and loss. Writers are born when life intersects with time and chance. You will always find them doing what they love reading, and writing. Writing, and telling stories is how they fulfill their divine purpose. You can’t ignore what is so visible and undeniable. Writing saved us at our lowest points in living. We hope to provide healing through our writing. We want to uplift others through their pain as writing has uplifted us and provided great healing in times of profound despair and hurt. Throughout the passage of time words remain.
Their latest self-published work a book of poetry is Mirrored Images. It is a contemporary modern collage of poetry as experienced from the Black female perspective of 2 sisters and authors. This collection of poems is refreshing and unique. It is a heartwarming work of a new-age black voice and spoken word. This adaptation highlights the human experience of life, love, loss, parting, and sorrow. Timeless wording, honestly written with a little of the unexpected. Black Expression has never been more relevant and real. This work explores the sometime darker natures of people and their motives. Mirrored Images rips the bandages off human life experiences, forcing you to see what many are happier pretending just does not exist. Spoken word is back and these literary writers take social conflict and unrest to brand-new unchartered heights.
They have written for much of their adult lives. Political Opinion Editorials, Book Reviews, Romance Novels, Television Show Treatments, Journaling, and Poetry are what these sisters enjoy writing best. When asked why they write? Their answer, they write for visibility. They want to be a voice for all those who feel they have something of value to say but aren’t capable of putting it in their own words.
Words surpass life, love, and loss. Writers are born when life intersects with time and chance. You will always find them doing what they love reading, and writing. Writing, and telling stories is how they fulfill their divine purpose. You can’t ignore what is so visible and undeniable. Writing saved us at our lowest points in living. We hope to provide healing through our writing. We want to uplift others through their pain as writing has uplifted us and provided great healing in times of profound despair and hurt. Throughout the passage of time words remain.
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