Bright Skylark Literary Productions
  • Author Statement
    • Greeting Flannery O'Connor at the Back Door of My Mind
    • Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah >
      • Podcast Prospects 504
      • More Books by Aberjhani >
        • Readers & Reviewers on the Writings of Aberjhani
        • Checking in at Goodreads
        • Editing Credits
        • ELEMENTAL: The Power of Illuminated Love (Art and Poetry Gift Book)
        • The River of Winged Dreams
        • The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois
        • Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player: A Novel by Aberjhani
        • I Made My Boy Out of Poetry
        • Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
        • Buy Books by Aberjhani on Amazon
        • 10th Anniversary of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
  • Working Scribe Image Carousel
    • Aberjhani - Author Biography
    • Awards & Honors
    • Aberjhani Portfolio Sampler
    • Michael Jackson in Life & Legend
    • Creative Thinkers International
  • Blog: Visionary Vibes
    • Twitter Tweets & News Notes >
      • Author-Poet Aberjhani in the News
    • Blog: Silk-Featherbrush Art and Style >
      • Postered Poetics
    • Blog: Literary Persuasion Book Reviews
    • Blog: Sonic Delight Music Reviews >
      • Summer-Song Rhapsody for Michael Jackson: Editorial with Poem
    • Shifting Points of View and the Massacre in Charleston, South Carolina (USA)
    • 7 Ways to Help Replace Legislated Fear with Informed Compassion
  • Art and Poster Store
    • Your Introduction to Original Silk-Featherbrush Art & Style
  • About Bright Skylark Literary Productions
    • Bright Skylark Values and Motto
  • Quotations
    • Pinterest Page of Quotations
  • Charter for a More Compassionate World
  • As a Poet Thinketh
    • The Bridge of Silver Wings
    • Rainbow-Song for the Angel of Tao by Aberjhani
    • Ode to the Good Black Boots that Served My Soul So Well (poem by Aberjhani)
    • Angel of Remembrance: Candles for September 11, 2001
    • Rainbow-Song for the Angel of Tao: Verse 1
  • Articles and Essays
    • Abbreviated Minds in the News for Wreaking Havoc Worldwide editorial by Aberjhani
    • Iconic Authors Toni Morrison's and Harper Lee's New Works Likely to Influence Dialogues on Race
    • Red Summer: Text and Meaning in Claude McKay’s poem ‘If We Must Die’” part 1 of special 4-part series by Aberjhani
    • A Writer's Journey to Selma, Alabama
    • Justice Remains Elusive in Case of Newly-freed Louis C. Taylor (Part 1 of 2)
    • Sensualized Transcendence: Editorial and Poem on the Art of Jaanika Talts (Part 1)
    • Realms of Emerging Light (Sensualized Transcendence Editorial and Poem on the Art of Jaanika Talts Part 2)
    • Notes on the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
    • Why Race Mattered in Barack Obama's Re-Election: Editorial and Poem
    • Posted Perspectives on America's 2012 Presidential Election
    • 47 Percenters and Guerrilla Decontextualization: Dreamers and Nightmares
    • Considering Michael Clarke Duncan: Big Black Man Within A Nonsociopoliticohistorical Context (Editorial with Poem)
  • Video Pen & Ink
  • Links and Connections
    • Aberjhani's Guerrilla Decontextualization
  • Contact the Author
ART AND ARTISTS

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BOOK REVIEWS

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Author Toni Morrison’s Passion for Historical Passion
Ben Okri’s Famished Road Leads to Great Adventures in Reading

Flannery O’Connor’s Legacy Part 2: A Writer’s Life and Times

Ilan Stavan on Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Reading Rumi after 9/11

Unexpurgated Review of Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s Shadow of the Wind


MUSIC SOOTHES THE SAVAGE BREAST

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John Legend and the Roots Issue Major Wake-up Call

The Life, Times and Legacies of Lena Horne

Notable Women of the Past and Present: Abbey Lincoln

Notable Women of the Past and Present: Nina Simone

The Nujazz New Millennium Soul of Maxwell

WRITING THE YEAR 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGEND

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Image still from the video-poem "Notes for an Elegy in the Key of Michael" by Aberjhani.

1) Work and Soul in Michael Jackson's This Is It (Special 4-part article series)
2) Sold-Out Michael Jackson Tickets and Yearning for Something More (article)
3) The World Lets Go While Holding on to Michael Jackson (article)
4) A Moonwalking Giant Lies Down to Rest (article)
5) Michael Jackson Legacies of a Globetrotting Moonwalking Philanthropist (article)
6) Notes for an Elegy in the Key of Michael  #1 and #2 (poems)
7) To Walk a Lifetime in Michael Jackson's Moccasins (blog)


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  • Author Statement
    • Greeting Flannery O'Connor at the Back Door of My Mind
    • Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah >
      • Podcast Prospects 504
      • More Books by Aberjhani >
        • Readers & Reviewers on the Writings of Aberjhani
        • Checking in at Goodreads
        • Editing Credits
        • ELEMENTAL: The Power of Illuminated Love (Art and Poetry Gift Book)
        • The River of Winged Dreams
        • The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois
        • Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player: A Novel by Aberjhani
        • I Made My Boy Out of Poetry
        • Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
        • Buy Books by Aberjhani on Amazon
        • 10th Anniversary of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
  • Working Scribe Image Carousel
    • Aberjhani - Author Biography
    • Awards & Honors
    • Aberjhani Portfolio Sampler
    • Michael Jackson in Life & Legend
    • Creative Thinkers International
  • Blog: Visionary Vibes
    • Twitter Tweets & News Notes >
      • Author-Poet Aberjhani in the News
    • Blog: Silk-Featherbrush Art and Style >
      • Postered Poetics
    • Blog: Literary Persuasion Book Reviews
    • Blog: Sonic Delight Music Reviews >
      • Summer-Song Rhapsody for Michael Jackson: Editorial with Poem
    • Shifting Points of View and the Massacre in Charleston, South Carolina (USA)
    • 7 Ways to Help Replace Legislated Fear with Informed Compassion
  • Art and Poster Store
    • Your Introduction to Original Silk-Featherbrush Art & Style
  • About Bright Skylark Literary Productions
    • Bright Skylark Values and Motto
  • Quotations
    • Pinterest Page of Quotations
  • Charter for a More Compassionate World
  • As a Poet Thinketh
    • The Bridge of Silver Wings
    • Rainbow-Song for the Angel of Tao by Aberjhani
    • Ode to the Good Black Boots that Served My Soul So Well (poem by Aberjhani)
    • Angel of Remembrance: Candles for September 11, 2001
    • Rainbow-Song for the Angel of Tao: Verse 1
  • Articles and Essays
    • Abbreviated Minds in the News for Wreaking Havoc Worldwide editorial by Aberjhani
    • Iconic Authors Toni Morrison's and Harper Lee's New Works Likely to Influence Dialogues on Race
    • Red Summer: Text and Meaning in Claude McKay’s poem ‘If We Must Die’” part 1 of special 4-part series by Aberjhani
    • A Writer's Journey to Selma, Alabama
    • Justice Remains Elusive in Case of Newly-freed Louis C. Taylor (Part 1 of 2)
    • Sensualized Transcendence: Editorial and Poem on the Art of Jaanika Talts (Part 1)
    • Realms of Emerging Light (Sensualized Transcendence Editorial and Poem on the Art of Jaanika Talts Part 2)
    • Notes on the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
    • Why Race Mattered in Barack Obama's Re-Election: Editorial and Poem
    • Posted Perspectives on America's 2012 Presidential Election
    • 47 Percenters and Guerrilla Decontextualization: Dreamers and Nightmares
    • Considering Michael Clarke Duncan: Big Black Man Within A Nonsociopoliticohistorical Context (Editorial with Poem)
  • Video Pen & Ink
  • Links and Connections
    • Aberjhani's Guerrilla Decontextualization
  • Contact the Author