Aberjhani and the Year 2009
In 2009, Aberjhani emerged as one of the pioneers of online interpretative citizen journalism. In his position as the national African-American Art Examiner, he has logged informative and entertaining stories on such era-defining issues as: the case of Georgia death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis; the life and death of Michael Jackson; the return of neosoul singer Maxwell; the Johnny Mercer Centennial; and profiles of artists working in the U.S. Southeast.
His books, four of which have Kindle editions, include: ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love (2008, with artist Luther E. Vann); The American Poet Who Went Home Again (2008); The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009; Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World (2007/2008); Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black (2006); Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance (2003, Facts On File); The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois (2003, Kensington Books);and I Made My Boy Out of Poetry (1997, Washington Publications/iUniverse). He has also edited a number of titles for both independent authors and academic institutions. ESSENCE Magazine listed his Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance among its "recommended gift items" and Black Issues Book Review listed it among their "Recommended Titles for the Home Library." Grits.com selected his ELEMENTAL gift book of art and poetry as one the featured recommended titles for its online book club.
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THE FLIGHT RECORD THUS FAR
--Dec 2007, published book of poetry THE BRIDGE OF SILVER WINGS.
--12 November 2007, published novel CHRISTMAS WHEN MUSIC ALMOST KILLED THE WORLD (Black Skylark Singing)
--September 2007, Launched Creative Thinkers International web site.
--September 2007, Featured Poet in SMOKING POET Ezine.
--July 2007, poem "In Regard to A Poet's Birthday" published in MISSISSIPPI CROW Magazine Summer edition.
--July 2007, foreword for the novel "Blood Kin, A Savannah Story" by Robert T.S. Mickles Sr.
--July 2007, the poems "Angel of War," "Angel of Peace," and "Holiday Letter for a Poet Gone to War" all published in POETRY LIFE AND TIMES online edition.
--June 2007, poem "My One Favorite City," published in ESSENCE Magazine.
--May 2007, extended article THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE WAY DOWN SOUTH, published as an Amazon Short on Amazon.com.
--March 2007, poem "Sunrise Elegy" published in MISSISSIPPI CROW Spring 2007 edition.
--February 2007, three poems published in POETRY LIFE AND TIMES: "American Widow: Song for Coretta Scott King"; "Angel of Hope's Persistent Flight"; and "Jigged and Jagged and Sanity Be Damned."
--December 2007, essay "The Bridge and the Monument: A Tale of Two Legacies" published on Writing Junkie.net.
--3 November, 2006, the CD THE GODDESS AND THE SKYLARK, DANCING THROUGH THE WORD LABYRINTH, PRESENTED BY MARK "RAHKYT" ROCKEYMOORE AND FEATURING NORDETTE ADAMS AND ABERJHANI released through Lulu.
--19 October, 2006, VISIONS OF A SKYLARK DRESSED IN BLACK e-book published by BPS E-Publishing.
--Fall 2006, the poems "Remembrance of a River Past," "Every Hour Henceforth," and "Return to Savannah" published in the BPS Anthology E-Book.
--September 2006, the poems "Angel of Peace," "The Lady On the Lake," and "The Vision of Roses: Blood and Blossoms," featured on The Writer's Forum.
--August 2006, article "How to Spitfire in the South" published in THE SOUTH Magazine.
--June 2006, poems "Star People" and "Magnetic Black Towards Light" published in POETRY LIFE & TIMES e-zine.
--June 2006, poems "Return to Savannah" and "Gratitudes of a Dozen Roses" published on BLACK POETRY SOCIETY web site.
--May 10, 2006 cover story, "A Legacy Less Traveled, Dr. Deborah Mack Shines a Light on Early African-American History in Savannah," published in CONNECT SAVANNAH News Magazine.
--Novel in progress: THE BLACK SKYLARK Z-PED MUSIC PLAYER.
--February 10, 2006 Introduction for THE HANGING MAN DREAMS published in book by David C. Hightower.
--February 8, 2006 cover story, "Not Fading Away," on WWII Veteran John Morrison, published in CONNECT SAVANNAH News Magazine.
--December 1, 2005 two poems, “The Man That Poetry Made” and “Past Present and Future Are One” published in online magazine BLUEPRINT.
--October 12, 2005 cover story “Woman to Woman” in CONNECT SAVANNAH News Magazine.
--October 10, 2005 essay “The Keepers of Their People's Spirit” in online literary journal REDBRIDGE REVIEW.
--October 1, 2005 poem “Lady of the Lake” published in ESSENCE Magazine.
--September 30, 2005 CREATIVE SPIRIT OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE launched at http://wwwcreativespiritharlemren.blogspot.com/.
--August 17, 2005 cover story “The Artist Known as Pleasant” CONNECT SAVANNAH News Magazine.
--August 2005 poem “Fulton Street/The Series” published in ESSENCE Magazine.
--July 2005 published one article, three stories, and six poems in the online literary magazine EXPOSE’D.The article is: “February 15, 2003, The History That Peace Made.” The stories are: “The Us That Never Was,” “Angels & Shakespeare,” and “Birth as Prologue.” The poems are: “Christ Listening to Stereo,” “Coffee Morning Rhapsody,” “DarkMagusMilesAhead #7,” “In Regard to a Poet’s Birthday,” “Koo 12,” and “Poets Everywhere and Always.”
--May 2005 two poems, “Botanical Gardens #2” and “In a Quiet Place on a Quiet Street” published in ESSENCE Magazine.
--April 2005 poem “Star People” published in ESSENCE Magazine.
--January 5, 2005, launched the BLACK SKYLARK Z-PED MUSIC PLAYER web site on AuthorsDen.
--January 2005, essay “The Light and the Way of Luther E. Vann” published in PERSISTENCE OF DREAMS anthology.
--September 2004 essay “Strength to Carry On” published in REDBRIDGE REVIEW online literary magazine.
--February 2004 poem “Coffee Morning Rhapsody” published in ESSENCE Magazine.
--September 2003 book ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE (co-authored by Sandra L. West) published by Facts On File.
--August 2003 book THE WISDOM OF W. E. B. DU BOIS published by Kensington Books as part of the Citadel Press imprint Philosophical Library Series.
--January 2003 poem “DarkMagusMilesAhead #7” published in ESSENCE Magazine.
--December 2001 poem “The Light That Never Dies” published in ESSENCE Magazine.
--November 2001 poem “In a Quiet Place on a Quiet Street” published in anthology SONS OF LOVERS.
--April 2001 correspondence with Bruce Reilly “Last Night Was Einstein’s Face” published in 2001 SAVANNAH LITERARY JOURNAL.
--November 2000 second edition book of short stories and poetry, I MADE MY BOY OUT OF POETRY, published by iUniverse.Com.
--April 2000 poem “Sweet Brother Beat-Bop Daddy K (3/12/22-10/21/69)” published in 2000 SAVANNAH LITERARY JOURNAL. Winner of Irene Tromble McAlister Literary Prize for 2000.
--December 1999 two poems “Every Hour Henceforth” and “Family Reunion: Remembering the Ancestors” published in ESSENCE Magazine End-of-the-Century Collector’s Edition.
--February 1998 first edition book of short fiction and poetry, I MADE MY BOY OUT OF POETRY,published by Washington Press.
--Spring 1998 poem “Return to Savannah” published in LITERARY SAVANNAH, an historical anthology of Savannah, Georgia.
--November 1997 cover story “This Mother’s Son” published as in ESSENCE as part of “Many Ways of Looking at Black Man” feature. Photo of author included with profiles of: entrepreneur Sean Puffy Combs; singer Maxwell; writer Michel Marriott; political activist Geronimo Ji Jaga Pratt; author John Edgar Wideman; and golfer Tiger Woods.
--November 1997 limited edition collection of poetry, BLOODBEATS, with illustrations by Christine Cummings published independently.
--June 1997 poems “Washington Park #162,” “blackman sitting on a rock,” and “The Man That Poetry Made” published in SMOG (Savannah-are Mensa of Georgia) Magazine.
--May 1997 short fiction “That Poem Is Not My Brother” and poem “An Open Letter to Poets Everywhere and Always” published in The Dull Fly magazine.
--December 1996 poems “Crossing the Bridge of Bones” and “The Unseen Companion” published in The DULL FLY magazine.
--November 1996 poem “Return to Savannah” published in 1997 SAVANNAH LITERARY JOURNAL.
--October 1996 essay “And Now for the Joy of Hunab Ku” and poem “Calligraphy of Intimacy” published in OUT OF THE BLUE magazine.
--September 26, 1996 literary review “Eye of the Eagle” published in CREATIVE LOAFING Weekly Entertainment Magazine.
--September 1996 filmed recording of reading for poem “Return to Savannah” published on DISCOVER SAVANNAH CD-ROM.
--September 1996 poem “Considerations: the Funky Thing About It” published in THE DUFF FLY.
--September 1996 poem “Lost in My Father’s Room” published in OUT OF THE BLUE.
--August 1996 poems “Sunrise” and “Jazzbabydoll” published in THE DULL FLY.
--May 18 1996 special feature of column “Visionary Vibes: Savannah by the Numbers Part 2” published in CREATIVE LOAFING.
--May 4, 1996 special feature of column “Visionary Vibes: Savannah by the Numbers Part 1” published in CREATIVE LOAFING.
--April 1996 editorial and poem “WillieMae Sketched in Years of Blue” published in HOMEGROWN POETRY JOURNAL Commemorative Edition.
--February 14, 1996 poem “A Letter Came Today” published with interview in SAVANNAH TRIBUNE.
--November 1995 creative nonfiction “Angels & Shakespeare” published in 1996 SAVANNAH LITERARY JOURNAL.
--September 1995 poem “Divine Morphology” published in POETS, ARTISTS, & MADMEN.
--August 12, 1995 column “Visionary Vibes: Psychic Sleuthing” published in CREATIVE LOAFING.
--February 24, 1995 poem “We Sang This for Shekhem” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--December 22, 1994 literary review “Santa’s Autobiography: Enchantment Spanning Centuries” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--December 11, 1994 poem excerpt from “I Made My Boy Out of Poetry” published in SAVANNAH NEWS-PRESS.
--November 1994 short fiction “Shadows and Prayers and Light”; and poems “Miguel Upon the SandDunes of Ecstasy and Hell,” “I Made My Boy Out of PoetrY,” and “From the Life Between Living” published in the 1994 SAVANNAH LITERARY JOURNAL.
--November 5, 1994 column “Visionary Vibes: The Sexual Side of Spirituality” published in CREATIVE LOAFING.
--September 1994 poems “The Brother, The Keeper,” and “In a Quiet Place on a Quiet Street” published in GOT OUR OWN SOULS (Oyster Knife Publishing) anthology.
--September 24, 1994 column “Visionary Vibes: Empowerment Through Creative Visualization” published in CREATIVE LOAFING.
--September 23, 1994 literary review “South of Haunted Dreams: a Mixed Memoir” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--September 10, 1994 column “Visionary Vibes: Getting to Know Your Psychic Self” published in CREATIVE LOAFING.
--August 12, 1994 literary essay “Lorde and Daniell: a Tale of Two Poets” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--August 8, 1994 column “Visionary Vibes: Seeking Guidance on the Path” published in CREATIVE LOAFING.
--August 6, 1994 “Visionary Vibes: The Power of the Aura” published in CREATIVE LOAFING.
--July 16, 1994 column “Visionary Vibes: Touring the Astral Way” published in CREATIVE LOAFING.
--July 9, 1994 column “Visionary Vibes: Dream a Little Dream” published in CREATIVE LOAFING.
--July 7 1994 literary review “Butler’s ‘Parable’ a Powerful Tale of the Future” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--June 18, 1994 column “Visionary Vibes: Art and Souls in the Painted Universe” published in CREATIVE LOAFING.
--June 4,1994 column “Visionary Vibes: Dealing With the Spook Factor” published in CREATIVE LOAFING.
--June 3, 1994 literary review “’Dark of the Moon’ Shines With Brilliance” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--Spring 1994 literary review “’Race Matters’ Tackles Tough Issues” published in SAVANNAH HERALD.
--May 21, 1994 column “Visionary Vibes: Through the Doors of Reincarnation” published in CREATIVE LOAFING.
--May 7, 1994 column “Visionary Vibes: the Angelic Presence” published in CREATIVE LOAFING.
--April 23, 1994 column “Visionary Vibes: Sampling the New Age Buffet” debuts in CREATIVE LOAFING Entertainment Weekly.
--February 25, 1994 poem “Family Reunion: Remembering the Ancestors (In Addition to My Blackness)” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--February 14, 1994 short fiction “Kidnapped by Bliss” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--1993 poems “Past, Present & Future are One (after a painting by Luther E. Vann)” and “The Light,That Never Dies” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--October 8, 1993 literary review “The Life & Grace of Arthur Ashe” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--September 24, 1993 short fiction “Me, Jason, the Beautiful One” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--August 6, 1993 literary review “The Famished Road: Odyssey Through African Boyhood” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--July 2, 1993 poem “Thoughts on the Future” and literary review “The Infinite Plan: a Romantic Survey of American Diversity” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--May 28, 1993 short fiction “Elijah’s Skin” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--April 1993 literary essay “The Immoralist: The Love and Evil of Andre Gide” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.
--March 12, 1993 literary essay “’The Subterraneans’ Revisited: Checking Out Jack Kerouac in the Age of Multiculturalism” published in GEORGIA GUARDIAN weekly news.
--Summer 1992 poem “blackman sitting on a rock” published in AFRICAN AMERICAN REVIEW.
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--THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
A SKYLARK IN THE NEWS
--Interview with Randall Barfield featured in online ezine POETRY LIFE AND TIMES.
--February 2007, photo featured in "Preview Magazine" feature commemorating exhibit of art by Sam Gilliam at the Telfair Museum in Savnnah, Georgia.
--25 October, 2006, "British Publisher Launches Savannah Author's New Book" article in Savannah Tribune newspaper.
--25 October, 2006, "Download Free Excerpt From Celebrated Author's New Book" article on PRWeb.
--Selected by readers as "Best Poet/Spoken Word Artist" in CONNECT SAVANNAH Newsmagazine 2006 Reader's Poll.
--Featured guest on William F. DeVault's City of Legends Radio Podcast Program with Mark Rockeymoore.
--June 2005 feature story “Savannah Author’s Work Showcased in ESSENCE” in Savannah Herald and Savannah Tribune newspapers.
--Spring 2005 “Interview with the Authors of the Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance” in AFRICAN VOICES Magazine.
--June 14, 2005, Hour-long Interview Special with Aberjhani and Nordette Adams on PowerTalk-FM Internet Radio.
--August 2004 “Review of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance” in VOYA Magazine.
--February 11, 2004, subject of “All That Jazz” cover story in CONNECT SAVANNAH.
--February 2004 “Spotlight Review of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance” in BOOKLIST Magazine.
--February 2004 “Review of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance” in SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL.
--December 2003 “Review of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance” in LIBRARY JOURNAL.
--Summer 2003 “Reviews of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance and Wisdom of W. E.B. Du Bois” in ATLANTA DAILY WORLD.
--September 2003 “Coastal Morning Sunrise Interview with Kim Gusby” on WTOC TV.
--March 21, 2002, “Writer Takes On Harlem Renaissance” feature article in SAVANNAH NEWS PRESS CLOSE-UP EDITION.
--January 29, 1999, feature article “Peace, Love and Blessings: How Aberjhani Found Worldly Consciousness in the Heart of His Hometown” in CONNECT SAVANNAH.
--February 21, 1998, feature article “Aberjhani at 40: Success is Sweetest When It Has Suffered a Delay” in CREATIVE LOAFING Entertainment Weekly.
--September 29, 1994, “The Prose Knows,” cover story subject in THE EDGE News Magazine.
--September 1994, “Aberjhani: Savannah Poet Born to Dream” feature article in SAVANNAH NEWS PRESS.
--June 25, 1993, “Kindred Spirits” feature story in GEORGIA GUARDIAN.