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Being a full-time writer is a strange occupation. I work all day alone in a tiny cottage behind my house, hunched over my computer, lost in an imaginary world. If I weren't producing coherent literature, some might consider this behavior peculiar, at best--or worthy of psychiatric intervention.
Even at night my characters follow me, read more »
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Black, White, Other: In Search of Nina Armstrong
— published 2011 — 4 editions |
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Mama's Child
— expected publication 2013 — 2 editions |
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Fire in My Soul
by Joan Steinau Lester (Goodreads Author), Eleanor Holmes Norton, Coretta Scott King — published 2003 — 6 editions |
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The Future Of White Men And Other Diversity Dilemmas
— 3 editions |
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Taking Charge: Every Woman's Action Guide to Personal, Political & Professional Success
— published 1996 |
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Taking Charge: Every Woman's Action Guide to Personal, Political and Professional Success
— published 1996 |
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“Funny how an absence can feel like a presence, like that space practically glows with her outline and make me notice how she's not here.”
― Joan Steinau Lester, Black, White, Other: In Search of Nina Armstrong
― Joan Steinau Lester, Black, White, Other: In Search of Nina Armstrong
