In his début poetry collection, Broadway actor Cornelius Jones Jr., delivers a poetic memoir in 4 scenes: Focus, Spotlight,... More > Dimmer, and Soliloquies. From childhood to adult memories: a burgeoning theater lover, impersonating Hollywood Stars, playing little league football, singing in GLEE like Show Choirs, exploring sexual identity in southern towns, and being human in a world of cultural, spiritual and sexual differences and HIV/AIDS. Using witty metaphors, experiential verse, theatrical jargon, the spoken word, colorful imagery, and memory he explores the self and the world through this compelling "no holds barred" poetic memoir of love(s), loss(es), forgiveness and triumph(s). < Less

Flirting is Tim'm T. West's poignant follow-up to Red Dirt Revival: a poetic memoir in six breaths. Another poetic memoir,... More > expressed mostly through poetry (though also prose and essay), West flirts with memory, girls, boys, danger, politics, and romance". West writes in the tradition of poets like Audre Lorde, Essex Hemphill, and Pablo Neruda who all seize language as a tool reflecting social change while bridging political and erotic landscapes. Here, the distinction between the personal and political is beautifully blurred. While rooted in his experiences as black, gay-identified poet, emcee, activist, and educator, Flirting is an invitation to (re)connect others to that optimistic, joyful space where, even between rocks and hard places, hope springs eternal. Beyond word play, there is profound meaning and possibility in Flirting. < Less

Tim'm West's BARE contains more of the thoughtful dialogue on spaces and self begun with Red Dirt Revival but is... More > contextualized by many of his new experiences after moving from his "second home" in Oakland to Washington D.C. Funny, sexy, moving and immediate, BARE evidences West's motivation to continually re-invent and recontextualize the self as a means of creating fresh spaces for our truth telling. < Less

Tim'm West's BARE contains more of the thoughtful dialogue on spaces and self begun with Red Dirt Revival but is... More > contextualized by many of his new experiences after moving from his "second home" in Oakland to Washington D.C. Funny, sexy, moving and immediate, BARE evidences West's motivation to continually re-invent and recontextualize the self as a means of creating fresh spaces for our truth telling. < Less

Flirting is Tim'm T. West's poignant follow-up to Red Dirt Revival: a poetic memoir in six breaths. Another poetic memoir,... More > expressed mostly through poetry (though also prose and essay), West flirts with memory, girls, boys, danger, politics, and romance". West writes in the tradition of poets like Audre Lorde, Essex Hemphill, and Pablo Neruda who all seize language as a tool reflecting social change while bridging political and erotic landscapes. Here, the distinction between the personal and political is beautifully blurred. While rooted in his experiences as black, gay-identified poet, emcee, activist, and educator, Flirting is an invitation to (re)connect others to that optimistic, joyful space where, even between rocks and hard places, hope springs eternal. Beyond word play, there is profound meaning and possibility in Flirting. < Less