This is a collection of topical and whimsical poems written during the pandemic when the world felt dark and hopeless. These poems not only seek to shed light on the frustration and sadness of this period but also to find heart and humor during a time of social upheaval and great pain. This book is for people who enjoy poetry but long to read pieces that are accessible and entertaining. From the simple joy of buying a new hat to the heartbreak of losing a friend to observations about Black...

In Communicated Stereotypes at Work, the editors and contributors posit that stereotypes communicated in the workplace remain a pervasive issue due to the dichotomy between the discriminatory and functional roles that these stereotypes can play in a range of professional settings. Contributors demonstrate that while the use of stereotypes in the workplace is distasteful and exclusionary, communicating these stereotypes can also appear-on the surface-to provide a pathway toward bon...

Everyone goes through experiences in life that they would like to forget. In our attempt to separate ourselves from those experiences, we tend to bury the emotions associated with them. The problem is that those emotions tend to resurface days, weeks, months, or even years later, and because we did not deal with them during the time of the experience, they are as real as they were so long ago.As I grew, I realized that the trauma eight-year-old and eighteen-year-old Donna endured h...

Chanelle Butler felt like an outsider in her own family. She didnt look anything like them, and she had absolutely no personality traits in common with them eitherand they never let her forget it. That is why she was so happy when she met and married Al Butler and became a part of his family. They were the family she wished she had been born into. That is until Al was killed in a tragic accident and her Mother-in-Law, Irene Butler, blamed her for his deathand promptly cut her off.W...