Faces In The Clouds

About the Book

Faces In The Clouds Inspired from everyday relationships of friendships, love and family, I hope that these poems speak to the innocence lost and experience gained from living. Falling in love, getting hurt and/or disappointed in relationships can create new truths and understandings. I have tried to use my awakenings, triumphs, and failures as catalysts for destroying distorted visions that society placed in my view. It is through these new perceptions that I have torn down images that project women in roles that they are expected, allowed or prohibited from playing. My words have allowed me the freedom to express my anger, frustrations, anxiety as well as my sexuality unapologetically. Dr. Wanda Macon, Retired

About the Author

Dr. Wanda C. Macon Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Dr. Wanda Macon attended Jackson State University, where she received her undergraduate and graduate Liberal Arts degrees in Literature and Mass Communications. She taught at Lane College, The Ohio State University, Mississippi State University, University of Mississippi and her undergraduate alma mater, Jackson State University. She taught American Literature, African American Literature, Seminar Courses, Creative Writing, World Literature and Honors Composition. She has published in The Oxford Companion of African American Literature 1997 and 2000. Her creative work has been published in Black Magnolias, Volume 3, Number 1, March-May, 200 and the Literary Journal of Coahoma Community College. Presently she lives between Michigan and Nassau, Bahamas, where she continues to write about the rich culture of the Island.