Tayshia is turning six, but her daddy isn’t there to celebrate, and he never will be due to accidental death. At least she has her two sisters, brother, and mom. Yet, she’s not happy. Her daddy used to play chess with her, which she remembers for the many happy hours and his love. Like many six-year-olds, she enters a fantasy world with her daddy as her chess and life mentor. She’s brilliant and obsessed with making him proud by becoming the best chess player she can be. Along the way, we ...

An Orison is a prayer or plea to a deity. This comes from a Latin word meaning to speak, and it means to speak to God. (https://www.vocabulary.com>orison).Orisons, is a beautiful and graceful collection of poems with something of the lyrical quality of psalms. Similarly to the psalms, Kim's poetry is not afraid to confront and voice intense experiences of suffering, rejection, dejection, hurt and grief. Particularly poignant in this collection is To be See...