A vivid portrait of African American life in today’s urban South that uses food to explore the complex interactions of race and class Getting Something to Eat in Jackson uses food—what people eat and how—to explore the interaction of race and class in the lives of African Americans in the contemporary urban South. Joseph Ewoodzie Jr. examines how “foodways”—food availability, choice, and consumption—vary greatly between classes of African Americans in Jackson, Mississippi, and how this reflects and shapes their very different experiences of a shared racial identity. Ewoodzie spent more than a year following a group of socioeconomically diverse African Americans—from upper-middle-class patrons of the city’s fine-dining restaurants to men experiencing homelessness who must organize their days around the schedules of soup kitchens. Ewoodzie goes food shopping, cooks, and eats with a young mother living in poverty and a grandmother working two jobs. He works in a Black-owned BBQ restaurant, and he meets a man who decides to become a vegan for health reasons but who must drive across town to get tofu and quinoa. Ewoodzie also learns about how soul food is changing and why it is no longer a staple survival food. Throughout, he shows how food choices influence, and are influenced by, the racial and class identities of Black Jacksonians. By tracing these contemporary African American foodways, Getting Something to Eat in Jackson offers new insights into the lives of Black Southerners and helps challenge the persistent homogenization of blackness in American life.

The book is about a man named Jackson in his mid forties, who’s recently divorced. He changes jobs from working in a warehouse to driving a truck. It talks about how he goes from truck driving school to being on the road. Also about his relationship with his twin boy, his friends, and also a new romantic relationship he gets into while driving truck. He also finds out about a serial killer who’s killing prostitutes. It’s a bit of everything! An exiting thrill ride which will keep you guessing and rooting for Jackson!

"We have to get married—or you'll do hard time!" When Jackson Colton became a suspect in his uncle's attempted murder, the handsome loner had to risk it all to prove he was being framed. But he wasn't alone for long. For he found sweet solace when he joined forces with beguiling Cheyenne James to clear his name. The mystical Native American woman understood how it felt to be ostracized…and she wasn't about to let the man she passionately loved take the fall! Not even when Cheyenne was named a key witness for the prosecution.Determined to beat the evil perpetrator at his—or her—own game, the star witness and prime suspect breathlessly said, "I do. " But would this whirlwind marriage come at too great a cost?

When night falls, darkness cloaks the land. It is a time of shadows and those creatures who move in shadow. What truly happens in the hours we spend sleeping blissfully unaware in our beds? Only the moon knows. And the Brothers of the Moon. This collection contains thirteen tales of horror and fantasy, of passion and lust, from the realm of darkness. A demon on the beach demonstrates a degree of trickery that reinforces our fear. Spectres from beyond the grave return to help, console, and once again enjoy carnal pleasures long since left behind. The lonely Nullabor Plain plays host to extraterrestrial visitors. Ancient vampires bestow the Moonkiss on a troubled young man. Beings who have no name move unseen throughout the world, altering our lives in small but important ways. And all the while there is the call of the flesh -- the unceasing passion for closeness and gratification that binds human to supernatural. Join the Brothers of the Moon . Let them lead you to places you can only imagine. Let them caress you. Let them kiss you. If you dare.

The reunion they’ve been dreaming of