Collection of poetry written by Caldwell Parish (Louisiana) elementary, junior and high school students who participated in the Mixon & Carroll Annual Literary Contest. Selected material is from... More > the six winners (two in each age division) and the honorable mention list.< Less
A new fire from an old flame! The material in this book is collected from the author's body of work. Clayton deals with matters of the heart and other "thangs" in Fresh Fish Fried In Old... More > Grease.< Less
A Time Of No Fences is the story of a mother fiercely determined to save her son from crack addiction by any means necessary. While at the same time, the next door neighbors are literally blowing... More > the roof off the sucker with their all-night crack parties. The chapters go back and forth, moral and amoral, alternating between redemption and destruction. Will Nikki win out over crack? Can she turn her teenage son's life around, or will she forever lose Travis to the mean streets?< Less
Life in a small town is fraught with many challenges and obstacles folks in big cities would never imagine. Columbia, Louisiana politician, Baron D. Glass, philosophizes about life in a small, rural... More > town where the living is easy...most of the time. Author: Baron D. Glass< Less
Collection of poetry written by Caldwell Parish (Louisiana) elementary, junior and high school students who participated in the Mixon & Carroll Annual Literary Contest. Selected material is from... More > the six winners (two in each age division) and the honorable mention list.< Less
Childhood friends Khalil, a successful rapper, and Justin (J.D.), recently released from prison, are confronted by circumstances that test the mettle of the sworn-in-blood lifelong bond they declared... More > to each other. The unshakable camaraderie they shared as youngsters growing up in New Orleans is tried by fire when Big Joe, a nemesis from their past, puts Khalil's and Justin's "I-got-your-back-for-the-rest-of-my-life" mutual declaration to the test.< Less
This collection of poetry is an ode to the inner-city non-violent offender, to that beat-upon, fringe, marginal survivor who keeps going, and keeps going despite all odds, despite all the chips... More > stacked against him...I love u...because I am u!< Less
Speeches and columns Michael Clayton wrote for the mayor of New Orleans, scripts for television shows, interviews and profiles of celebrities, book and film reviews, news stories written for... More > newspapers in Las Vegas, New Orleans and Los Angeles, as well as material Clayton wrote for stand-up comedians, and social commentary Clayton published throughout the United States...THE WORKS!!!< Less
Michael Clayton was born in Redwood City, California, raised in New Orleans, Louisiana from age six, attended USC (Trojans) and UNLV (Runnin' Rebels), was a national-class track athlete, and claims his weirdest experience was being on a plane hijacked to Cuba. Michael is formerly married to NASA Astronaut Yvonne Cagle, is an extensively published journalist, and currently resides on his farm in Louisiana. He was a reporter in New Orleans, and served as a speech writer for Marc Morial, former Mayor of New Orleans. Michael has interviewed everyone from Johnnie Cochran, Whoopi Goldberg, Brian McKnight, Terry Macmillan, Henry Kissinger, Quincy Jones, Maya Angelou, and Nikki Giovanni right on down to Eric Benet, Tevin Campbell, Tracie Spencer, Coolio, Boris Kudjoe and, on a lark, racist David Duke, amongst many others. Also, Clayton is a recipient of The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Foundation art grant for literature.
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