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Validation Denied Grace Bestowed
This work explores the trials and triumphs of growing up in the midst of many personal challenges, family displacement and the heartache of abandonment. Purdie's memoir particularly focuses on the struggle for validation as one who was raised in foster homes. Purdie provides a window into the process towards awakening and realization of self-worth. She combines poetry, drama and personal narrative to offer insight into the array of emotions associated with the pain of separation and personal transformation. The events are told in a straightforward manner and they highlight the importance of love and care as key in helping to build trust. Purdie's story confirms the basic human need to find connection with others and the fundamental process of discovering one's gift and finding opportunity to share that gift with the world. Rev. Dr. Mariah Britton Minister to Youth and Young Adults The Riverside Church, New York City
A Movement of Grace
A Movement of Grace: My Soundtrack of Liberation and the Role of Music Today offers new insight and perspectives into Purdie's original memoir, Validation Denied Grace Bestowed: somewhere between the ghetto and God was something called foster care. (2004). Written during the COVID-19 pandemic - the worst pandemic in modern history - A Movement of Grace explores the intersection of music and healing by highlighting the impact of music on Purdie's own life from back in the day, through today's post-pandemic time of human and environmental dissonance. Through a unique creative style that blends poetry, and songs (titles) that illumine the narrative in every chapter, along with personal experience watching and meeting music icons, you are engaged on a journey of reflection, resilience, soul, joy, and gratitude for the art form of music. A Movement of Grace: My Soundtrack of Liberation and the Role of Music Today proves that the liberating power of music is an "essential worker" in today's world.
Live from Death Row
Once a prominent radio reporter, Mumia Abu-Jamal is now in a Pennsylvania prison awaiting his state-sactioned execution. In 1982 he was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner after a trial many have criticized as profoundly biased. Live From Death Row is a collection of his prison writings--an impassioned yet unflinching account of the brutalities and humiliations of prison life. It is also a scathing indictment of racism and political bias in the American judicial system that is certain to fuel the controversy surrounding the death penalty and freedom of speech.
Girl Called Vincent
Tracing Millay's life from her youth in Maine to the bohemian fervor of her early adulthood in Greenwich Village and Paris, this fancinating biography will captivate middle grade readers. Including photos, full-length poems, plentiful letter and diary excerpts, a time line, source notes, and bibliography, this is an indispensable resource for any young person interested in poetry, literature, or biographies of remarkable people in American history.
