Tonia McGregors talents became more recognized, she was asked by both family and friends to write letters as well as poems expressing what they felt in their souls Tonia began her journeys with poetry and essays; writing became as natural as breathing. She always had a journal at hand to record the lesson of the day; whether it was two lines, a stanza, or a story. Her writing journey continued when she joined a team of writers for her high school literary magazine, Vertigo which published her poems and short stories monthly. Her first published poem” Beauty in The Junkyard” was published by The National Library of Poetry in Owing Mills, Maryland. During her years at Rutgers University, she researched .interviewed and participated in a comprehensive study regarding Triple Jeopardy and its affects and effects on perceptions of women in the Criminal Justice System. The Sociological Abstract was published in spring of 1993 under direction of Dr. Drew Humphries and the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice. In 2006 through 2008; Ms. McGregor was awarded with the Editor’s Choice Award for Outstanding Poetry Writing by Poetry for her poems: “Gymnastics at its best, “Some Days are Better than Others” and “I was reminded”. Both poems “Gymnastics at its best “and “Some Days are Better than other were published in the anthologies entitled “Poetry in Motion” and “Immortal Verses” by Poetry.Tales of a Firefly is her first book of poetry, and she is diligently working on an anthology of her literary works.
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