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Truth Thomas

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Born

Knoxville, Tennessee, The United States

Website

http://truththomas.com/

Genre

Poetry, Children's

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January 2008

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TRUTH THOMAS is a singer-songwriter, poet, and editor born in Knoxville, Tennessee and raised in Washington, DC. He studied creative writing at Howard University and earned his MFA in poetry at New England College. His poetry collections include: "Party of Black," "A Day of Presence," "Bottle of Life" and "Speak Water," winner of the 2013 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry. His children's book, "My TV is Not the Boss of Me," illustrated by Cory Thomas, was a finalist for the Jessie Redmon Fauset Award in 2014. Thomas is the founder of Cherry Castle Publishing, and a former writer-in-residence for the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (HoCoPoLitSo). His poems have appeared in over 100 publications, including ...more

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Average rating: 4.57 · 30 ratings · 2 reviews · 10 distinct works

	The Mouthmark Book of Poetry by Jacob Sam-La Rose, Warsan Shire (Goodreads Author), Nick Makoha 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Party of Black it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Day of Presence 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speak Water 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Skinny Poetry Anthology by Truth Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maura Alia Badji (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Brian Gilmore (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bottle of Life it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My TV is Not the Boss of Me by Truth Thomas (Goodreads Author), Cory Thomas (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sugar House Review #6: Spring/Summer '12 by Rio Cortez (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mark Hendrickson (Contributor), Carl Phillips (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where We Stand: Poems of Black Resilience by Melanie Henderson (editor), Enzo Silon Surin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Truth Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tidal Basin Review by Rio Cortez (Goodreads Author), Menoukha Case, Ama Codjoe 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars