Books written by Kristy Thomas
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A Private Note
Secrets are revealed and lives are forever changed. In the end it takes A Private Note to understand why Mark has done what he has done and to feel empathy for his situation.
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Young Black Man Collection: Research and Swag:Research and Swag
This collection deals specifically with the struggles of being a young black man.
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I, Teach
The most important job of a teacher is to connect and positively affect the lives of their students.
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A Collection about Love: The Hardest Poem to Not Write, Black Coffee, the Other Lover
This collection deals with the most difficult emotion known to man, love.
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Hair, Who Needs It?
Through the eyes of a teenager struggling to make sense of his present situation he realizes that hell, it's just hair, who needs it?
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Worlds Away
Afsana is a Muslim- American girl who has found love in a place that she knows will not be accepted by her family or her religion.
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Stolen Time
Following the aftermath of a mass shooting at a local club a set of parents embark on the most difficult night of their lives.
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The Other Side of Me
Sisters Dorothy and Denise have spent all of their lives together as sisters.
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Street Blues
Blues Man is an older African American homeless man that is a blues singer.
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A Collection of Poetry about Being Gay and Personal Acceptance: Love Is Just Love, SLAM!
This collection tells two very different stories that all come to the same conclusion; there is nothing wrong with being who you are and there is definitely nothing wrong with being gay.
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Gaining Altitude
Anthony is a man who is full of life.
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The Row
Through the stories that he tells we find out that sitting on The Row can change him for the better or at least bring him to a point of contentment before he makes his last walk.
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Living in the Olden Days
Told from the perspective of an old man who is reflecting on his life and many years of commitment working as a janitor at a local high school.
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Makes Me a Woman
or a woman there are few things that physically make us what who we are physically: one is breasts and the other is hair.
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Sensitivity Class
Kyle is in the midst of the summer before his senior year when his mother surprises him with.
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A Collection of Poetry about the Wishes a Teacher Has for Their Students: A Wish for Little Black Boys, I...
One of the most important relationships that a child can have is that between them and their teacher.
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A Collection about Religion: My Life's Work, When I Knew I Was a Poet, Forgotten Prayer, Book of Life
This collection shares different aspects of the struggle that overcomes us with religion.
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Humble Beginnings
The other decides that he is beyond his humble beginnings and will never go back to that life until his business fails and he ends up, again poor.
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Mural
Nika is an artist of sorts. She is actually a tagger, she finds the perfect building to do her kind of art on and she makes magic happen. Though this is not the typical idea of art it is what makes her life make sense.
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A Collection about the Loss of a Child: His Name Was Jason, It's Been Seven Thousand Thirty- Two Days
The most difficult time in the life of a parent is the presence and then loss of a child. In this collection of poetry we see the reflections of three different women who are experiencing the loss of their children in three different ways.