Chapter 16

Alexander van der Pool

Book Excerpt: Edge of the Wind

By James E. Cherry | February 10, 2023

Set in a West Tennessee town, James E. Cherry’s Edge of the Wind explores the connection between jazz and poetry — and between racism and mental illness. The novel, originally published in 2016, has been reissued in a new edition with a foreword by Charles Dodd White.

“Suspect”

By James E. Cherry | July 8, 2020

James E Cherry is the author of six books. His latest novel, Edge of the Wind, was published in 2016. His 2008 poetry collection, Honoring the Ancestors, was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Still a Man and Other Stories, a Lillian Smith Book Award nominee and a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Fiction, will be re-released by Willow Books in July 2020. Cherry has an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Texas at El Paso and resides in Jackson, Tennessee, with his wife, Tammy.

In the Fullness of the Word: An Anthology of Black American Poet Laureates, Volume 1

By Black Poet Laureates, edited by Rhea Carmon and illustrated by Henry L. Jones
5th Woman, LLC
202 pages
$25.99

“This anthology introduces you to state and city Poet Laureates from all over the United States. Each poet is sharing poems that are powerful and impactful while also sharing their biography and a connection to their city or state. Enjoy these dynamic words and celebrate Black History each time you open this book.”

~the publisher