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  <name><![CDATA[Author-Poet Aberjhani]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[My newest books are the long-awaited (really, almost 2 decades)[book: ELEMENTAL The Power of Illuminated Love] with the artist Luther E. Vann, and [book:The American Poet Who Went Home Again]. I am also the author several other books, including: the novel [book:Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World] and a volume of poetry titled [book:The Bridge of Silver Wings]. My novel is a book that I also hope to publish as a graphic novel and the book of poetry is one that refused to go unpublished. 

I don't recall a time since adolescence when I have not been involved in a deep relationship with writing, reading, and other forms of creative expression, which is why I'm so deeply involved with Creative Thinkers International at http://www.creativethinkersintl.ning.com/ .

In addition to having also happily joined Goodreads, I am presently a member of the Authors Guild, Inc., the American Academy of Poets, and Amazon Connect Authors, among other verb-oriented communities.

Prior to joining any of the above, I was born in Savannah, Georgia, eventually left to attend colleges around the country, served in the U.S. Air Force for 8 years total, and did what I could as a caregiver on my Mom's behalf for about a decade.

I lucked out and got so furiously inspired in the course of producing some of my work that folks were kind enough to give me awards for it. These include the CONNECT SAVANNAH 2006 Readers Poll for Best Poet and Spoken Word Artist; the Choice Academic Title Award for &quot;Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance,&quot; (co-authored by Sandra L. West); the Thomas Jefferson Journalism Award; and the Freedom Foundation essay competition bronze medal. 

The year 2007 marked my 10th publishing works in ESSENCE Magazine. 

I'm particularly happy about the fact that my &quot;Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance&quot; was listed by Black Issues Book Review as one of its “essential reference books for the home library.”  I'm presently working on edits for a book of creative nonfiction called &quot;The American Poet Who Went Home Again.&quot; 
	
]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[&quot;Everyone is influenced by everybody but you bring it down home the way you feel it.&quot;--Thelonius Monk, jazz great.]]></influences>  <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Savannah </hometown>  <born_at>01/01/2001</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Bridge of Silver Wings]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Author-Poet Aberjhani]]></name>
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  <published>2003</published>  
  
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        <book id="1586215">
  <title><![CDATA[I Made My Boy Out of Poetry]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Author-Poet Aberjhani]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Author-Poet Aberjhani]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Author-Poet Aberjhani]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.17</average_rating>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Literary Savannah]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Author-Poet Aberjhani]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Rosemary Daniell]]></name>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Author-Poet Aberjhani]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/30895]]></link>
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  <title><![CDATA[Blood Kin, A Savannah Story]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Author-Poet Aberjhani]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Author-Poet Aberjhani]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.50</average_rating>
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        <book id="717240">
  <title><![CDATA[The Wisdom of W.E.B. Dubois]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Author-Poet Aberjhani]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Author-Poet Aberjhani]]></name>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The American Poet Who Went Home Again]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Isaiah's Tears]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Author-Poet Aberjhani]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Author-Poet Aberjhani]]></name>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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