You can find me now in the very first edition of “Reverie: Midwest African-American Literature” by Aquarius Press. My short story, “Maxville” was selected as one of the pieces. “Maxville” tells the story of a smalltown middle aged lawyer living in a foreign land and very far away from his bohemian roots, on his way by train to a big change in his life.
Yes okay it’s happened before. I have been published (although this is the first time I got paid for it). However this short story is one my favorites as I was inspired by Marquez and some really hip black chic ancestors that I don’t know personally but saw clues of in “Mahagony” and Jimmy Baldwin’s work. I made my own former pseudo-activists, artists, globally aware idealists who succumb to stagnation and middle classdom albeit in a foreign land. Why? Cause I’m scared that in about 30 years, me and Yaze will be more obsessed with what color we’ll redo the living room than how many soldiers we have who are traumatized by a war that was never won…again.
Here’s the link to check out the collection, which is actually full of really good stuff. You can download it for a mere five bucks. Cheaper than a movie, your lunch and a call to vote for Sanjaya. What are you saying?
http://www.aquariuspressbookseller.net/
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