News & Reviews

Kiwanis Club, Kingston NY
“The Roots and Meaning of Kwanza”

Trinity-Pawling School
“Diversity as a Way of Life”

Eddie’s recent article, “The Search for a New Pastor,” One Church’s Guide to How They Discovered the Will of God in Selecting a Pastor, was published in the March 2008 issue of The Christian Reader. For a free copy, email editor Darryl Barrs at TheChristianReader@cfl.rr.com.

Eddie’s poem, “Michael's Mother” (English and French versions), will be included the spring 2007 issue of Reverie: Midwest African American Literature. “Call and Response” has been accepted for the Spring 2008 issue. Both poems are from Capt’s Dreaming Chair.

“Selling Yourself in Words: The College Essay” has been a hit in New York high schools. This workshop is a practical guide to writing a college admission essay. Emphasis is placed on the writing process and methods for making students essays “stand out in the crowd.” See the workshop link on the Services page for more detail.

Festival of Tears—Poems in Blue / Stories in Black is a fictional work, based on actual events, that personalizes the effects of lynching in America through short story, narrative and poetry. It speaks in several voices, including white and black mothers, the lynched and other victims directly or indirectly affected by lynching or its implied threat.

A compact disc will be included with the printed volume that features selected poems read with musical accompaniment. Eddie is currently seeking a publisher for the work, which he intends to make available free-of-charge to selected schools and colleges.

Eddie is presently available for school and public readings and workshops using the material from Festival of Tears.

The Howland Cultural Center’s, Calling All Poets Series 2007, Beacon, NY

Hudson Valley Poetry Festival, Widow Jane Mine, Rosendale, NY

Bob Wright Poetry Series, Athens, NY

The Rosendale Café with the Betty McDonald Jazz Trio, Rosendale, NY

Gospel Jazz Café, Riverview Baptist Church, Kingston, NY