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Camp Springs woman transforms pain into poetry
By J. Joy Matthews Alford - Sistah Joy
Last edited: Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Article appearing in Prince George's Gazette Arts & Entertainment (p. A-11 on 7/16/09) highlighting new book by Sistah Joy, From Pain to Empowerment-The Fabric of My Being. "...The poems in this collection are offered in testimony to the power of faith to overcome trials and tribulations."
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