Darren Vincent was 30 years old before he read his first book. His tough neighborhood in Niagara Falls, N.Y. offered enough real stories to keep…

Joe Jones once sold and used drugs, was in and out of jail and not a very good father to the son he had out…

Shireen Lewis was working on her dissertation for her doctorate and feeling very isolated and alone. She recalls thinking, “There must be other women of…

Khadeeja was driving to work one day when a friend called to say she had spotted Khadeeja’s daughter, Azariah, on the streets. “I turned the…

It was 2007 when Charisma Cannon lost her marketing job in Atlanta, which had the ripple effect of eventually causing her to lose her house.…

As a child, life looked bleak to Toni Blackman. She was taunted for being overweight, her father was a drug addict and later as a…

It is impossible to tell K. D. Hardy’s story without talking about his mother. In addition to giving birth to him, you could say also…