The Woman With the Wild-Grown Hair: Complete Poems


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Nita Penfold has been writing poetry since the age of eight. These personae poems span almost 30 years of her writing, collected together for the first time in a complete form, chronicling her journey into learning to accept and honor her authentic self and her development as a feminist.







Wild, Wild Hair


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In this rhyming story, an African American girl hides when it's time to comb and braid her hair




Natalie's Hair was Wild!


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Various zoo animals take residence in a young girl's hair as it becomes more tangled and frizzy.




Wild Hair


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Do you head to work every day feeling as if you're living a lie, in fear of raising your authentic voice because you worry about how others will perceive you? If you're stifling your hopes and dreams in your career-and feel yourself shrinking-you may be ready to embrace your Wild Hair! Tracy J. Edmonds struck out bravely into that uncharted territory in her role as Chief Diversity Officer at a Fortune 500 Company. Once she made the leap and literally let loose her "wild hair," she never looked back. Tracy defines a Wild Hair moment as the point in your career when you hit a crossroad and ask, "Am I being true to myself? What do I really want in my career?" It's the moment when you choose you-your authentic self. Wild Hair will resonate with all inquisitive, ambitious, and hard-working women-especially minority women-who sit on a mountain of untapped potential. You have a unique contribution to make in this world. So, what are you waiting for? Don't ignore your authentic voice. Elevate to that next level by following this courageous woman's guide to a bold and authentic career today.




Saints, Sinners, Saviors


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Saints, Sinners, Saviors: Strong Black Women in African American Literature posits strength as a frequently contradictory and damaging trait for black women characters in several literary works of the twentieth century. Authors of these works draw upon popular images of African American women in producing what they believe to be safe literary representations. Instead, strength becomes a problematic trait, at times a disease, in many characters in which it appears. It has a detrimental impact on the relatives and neighbors of such women as well as on the women themselves. The pattern of portraying women characters as strong in African American literature has become so pronounced that it has stifled the literature.




Landing in Oz


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Award winning poet, Nita Penfold's second full length book of poetry. Nita Penfold received her Master of Arts in Writing from Lesley University and her doctorate in ministry at Wisdom University. Her first full-length book, They Stand Up in Broken Shells, earned her the 2006 Writer's Digest International Self-Published Poetry Book Award. More information at: www.nitapenfold.com.About Landing in Oz: In this book of Nita Penfold's soulful and intrepid poetry, we find a contiguous series of luscious moments, inching us toward some greater light; here familiar or familial, there abstract. But more than that, in the germ of her impartial reverence for nature, we find answers that acknowledge then challenge grief - that venture beyond reason- toward genuine, legitimate joy. Leda Joandaughter, author of the novel, Tao of Love




They Stand Up in Broken Shells


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First full length book by Nita Penfold whose work has appeared in over 30 anthologies and numerous small press magazines. She identifies the poetry in a contemporary woman's life through relationships and passages, digging deep for the taste of the grit and honey in everyday life.




Hunger Enough


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Mile High Blue Sky Pie


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