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Congratulations to Peter Jonas who has been selected as a finalist in the American Book Fest Best Books Awards competition. To read more information about Peter and his writing, click  here .

Congratulations to Steven Greenabuam who has been selected as a finalist in the Book Books Awards competition for his book, One Faamily: Indivisible . To read more information about Steven and his book, click here .

Excerpt: First Pain Through the years, Binta often told people I was her “first pain.” I assumed it was because I was her first born, but the more I thought about it, I was not her primal pain. She was in pain long before I came along. As a child, I recall her telling me many times that she was the “black sheep” of her family. By my observation, she was a copper-colored, smooth-skinned beauty with dark, inquisitive eyes and long, thick hair. Knowing her siblings as I do, she may have seemed like a prickly-know-it-all in her conversations with them.       Binta also made statements to me, questioning her parentage, saying, “My aunt I got named after is really my birth mother.” She never said why she thought that. Other times, she’d say about her mother, my Nana, Dia Mae Black, “She didn’t love me; in fact, I think she hated me. That’s the reason my family and me seemed like a poor fit.” How awful! What a mindset to have about your own mother and family members!       Throug

Steven Greenebaum, author of One Family Indivisible , discussed his book in a two-part interview with Kellie Wright. Click HERE to listen to Part 1. Click HERE to listen to Part 2. For more posts by and on Steven Greenebaum, click HERE . For more authors in the news, click HERE .

Recently, Susan Lewis, lawyer and psychologist, served as an expert witness on Law & Crime television. Fascinating information. Listen to her here: Psychologist Says Says Psychotic Symptoms Just Don't Disappear During An Interview.

Just learned about this article, written in honor of Muna Imady soon after she died of complications from heart surgery and published in Wild River Review (now defunct). She had contributed many articles herself to WWR. This memorial article is very touching: "Lady of the Largest Heart: Remembering Muna Imady." Muna authored Syrian Folktales , which MSI Press published several years ago, and right before she died, she had finished writing a collection of stories and poems about Damascus, which will be published soon, posthumously, as Damascus Amid the War .

MSI Press author, Cindy McKinley, has contributed another helpful article to The Finding Your Path Project, that supports youth through school transitions. The article is called, "8 Tips for Parents for a Successful School Year" and can be read in its entirety at the Finding your Path Project website .