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Joyce E. Davis

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Basically I'm a writer who found a way to make her passion a career:

I am the author of a teen novel, Can't Stop The Shine (KimaniTru/Harlequin), named a 2009 American Library Association Popular Paperback For Young Adults. Having contributed to two anthologies, Am I the Last Virgin? (Simon & Schuster) and One Hand in My Pocket (BET Books), I am currently finishing my second novel for teens and researching several other book projects.

My days are spent as the associate director of Publications at Spelman College. In the evenings I put on my freelance hat as a contributing editor to Heart & Soul magazine.

Formerly, I spent nearly 15 years primarily in consumer magazines (Fortune, Honey, BET, Upscale) and co-owned the public relations firm Pow
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Published on January 17, 2025 18:37
Average rating: 4.0 · 78 ratings · 13 reviews · 5 distinct works
Can't Stop The Shine

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Joyce Joyce said: " I'm on page 106 of Ntozake Shange's Some Sing, Some Cry, a succulent and mammoth - 576 page - multigenerational novel about a recently emancipated family in Charleston, South Carolina. The writing has such depth and the characters are so rich that I' ...more "

 

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