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About Crystal Senter Brown

Crystal Senter Brown has been a performance poet for most of her life. Born in Morristown, TN to a bass-playing Baptist preacher and a painter, Crystal was introduced to poetry at the age of six.

She was awarded the 2010 Harold Grinspoon Award for her children's book Gabby Saturday and has been awarded several Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship awards.

She has released two books Doubledutch and Gabby Saturday. She has also released three music cds Bees are admired, Easybreezybeautifulcoloredgirl and Mojo.

She has been featured in Essence Magazine, Redbook Magazine and Vibe Magazine.

 

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Doubledutch
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Doubledutch is the first collection of Crystal Senter Brown, and all poems included in this book were written between 1996... More > and 2006. Some poems are biographical, others are simply observances. Doubledutch skips through topics everyone can relate to:
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The Rhythm in Blue
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Mason loves his fiancée, but he’s fed up with the stress of planning and preparing for the wedding. Enough already! He... More > needs a few days away. He knows he should have just checked into the nearest hotel, but instead he finds himself driving south. His destination? Jasmine’s house. Aside from that one night many years ago, he and Jasmine have managed to maintain a strictly platonic relationship. A few days away with a friend, he thinks, it’s just what the doctor ordered. Right?
See how the lives of Mason and Jasmine will intertwine with those of Jacob, Keisha, Frankie, and so many others in the small southern town of Blue, Virginia.

Blue is full of good food and sweet Southern graces, but it also proves to be filled with a few dark secrets. This is a story about failure, redemption, forgiveness and, above all, love. These characters are stirred by unique passions and colorful pasts.

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Gabby Saturday
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It's Saturday, do you know what that means? It means Gabby gets to wear her yellow dress and put away her jeans! Gabby's... More > Mama is taking her on an adventure...to the museum!

The Gabby Saturday series promotes self esteem and literacy among African-American children, specifically young girls. < Less
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The Rhythm in Blue
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Mason loves his fianceé, but he’s fed up with the stress of planning and preparing for the wedding. Enough already! He... More > needs a few days away. He knows he should have just checked into the nearest hotel, but instead he finds himself driving south. His destination? Jasmine’s house. Aside from that one night many years ago, he and Jasmine have managed to maintain a strictly platonic relationship. A few days away with a friend, he thinks, it’s just what the doctor ordered. Right?

See how the lives of Mason and Jasmine will intertwine with those of Jacob, Keisha, Frankie, and so many others in the small southern town of Blue, Virginia.

Blue is full of good food and sweet Southern graces, but it also proves to be filled with a few dark secrets. This is a story about failure, redemption, forgiveness and, above all, love. These characters are stirred by unique passions and colorful pasts. See how ten people become the pulse of this tiny little town; they are, quite simply, the rhythm in Blue. < Less
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Doubledutch
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Doubledutch is the first collection of Crystal Senter Brown, and all poems included in this book were written between 1996... More > and 2006. Some poems are biographical, others are simply observances. Doubledutch skips through topics everyone can relate to: Love, parenting, relationships, poverty, employment, solitude, dieting, size acceptance, cheating hearts and everything in between. < Less
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Gabby Saturday
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It's Saturday, do you know what that means? It means Gabby gets to wear her yellow dress and put away her jeans! Gabby's... More > Mama is taking her on an adventure...to the museum!

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