I have to give big thanks to everyone who made my family and I’s - TopicsExpress

I have to give big thanks to everyone who made my family and I’s journey across the country to spread the word about my book, Lost In The Dream, such a success. Thank you to my brother, Javon Rahmaan, for being at my first reading in Charlotte, NC. I was so nervous I read as fast as I could so I could return to my seat. :) Thank you to my cousin Sia Jenneh Suttonand her husband Derrik who came to my reading in Atlanta, GA. During that reading I slowed down, but I was so nervous my legs shook uncontrollably the entire time I was up there. Thanks to Mocalux in Arlington, TX for allowing me to add my voice. In New Mexico my mother-in-law, my brother Justin Bixler and sister-in-law Victoria Bixler, Auntie Cyndi Guidry Pino, Uncle Joe Pino, my cousins Timothy Joseph Pino and Nikki Solivan, Peggy Martinez and Auntie Christine, Auntie Vangie, Karla Karla Montoya Paul, Gloria Montoya Salazar and Louis Salazar who all came out for my reading at the Plaza in Old Town Albuquerque. Bobs Espresso Bar in N. Hollywood - you rock! Thank you to A Vaughn Williams for the hook-up with the KPOO radio interview. In Berkeley, CA my grandmother, all her friends, Alice Morris for an awesome interview, my friends Sunny Schwartz, Shyon and Thomas Stuifzand, Sue Yeazel, Tori Freeman, Meaza Admasu and Fasil, my cousins Donnie Bruce, Dana Rahmaan-Page and Veronica R. Brumfield, Auntie Jackie, Uncle Donnie Bruce, Auntie Zeffie Bruce, Uncle Anthony, Kimberley Collins, and Mayumi Uchida for making that afternoon a huge success. To my Glide family, Pastor Karen Oliveto for the opportunity to give the sermon, Pastor Theon Johnson III, The Glide Ensemble, John Turk and the Change Band, Zoe Ellis, Leah Tysse Vernon Bush, Dennis Hersey, John Koon, William Page, Tricia Chow, Howard Sanders Jr, Cheryl Serame-Turk, Danny Creed, Daniel Oppenheim, Kelly Wallace and Ray Wallace, Stefan Christenberry, Stacy Pearson, Liz Butler Steyer, Reggie Johnson, Martin C Soto and Mary Glide. Thanks to the University of Iowa for allowing me to share my work at the Summer Writer Festival and to Doris Pearson for her connections in Cleveland. Much love and blessings to everyone named and anyone I forgot. xo-Akilah