Words with Intention and other Truth Tellings

About the Book

Words with Intention and Other Truth Tellings will take you on a journey of life experiences. Stories surrounding childhood, family, love, loss, and interconnectedness are both celebrated and criticized through the poetry. Follow the transforming paths laid out in three sections covering over a decade of work. Words with Intentions and Other Truth Tellings will leave you with snapshots of the author's life and thoughts on living in urban America, in sleepy New England, and in middle class suburbia.

About the Author

Lesley Tanai Sanders White, Poet and Editor, began writing poetry seriously while earning her Bachelor?s degree in Urban Studies at Mount Holyoke College. In 1997, she was commissioned by the Newark, NJ branch of the NAACP to write an original work which was published in horizonMag.com, an award-winning community action ezine, where she was Poetry Editor. She has a piece published in Quiet Storm: Voices of Young Black Poets (Hyperion Books) and has done readings and signings in New York City and the Baltimore region in support of that project. Her work is included in the anthology Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam by Crown Publishers. She has taught English, literary drama, and creative writing at the secondary school level. She currently lives in Laurel, Maryland with her husband and children.