With the forthcoming release of ELEMENTAL , a retrospective of visual art by Luther E. Vann that features my poetry, various researchers and journalists have been requesting detailed information on my published or soon-to-be published works in different periodicals and formats. This chronology of literary writings followed by a listing of presentations and media profiles is for those individuals seeking such information. More is available regarding awards on my bio page. As always, I greatly appreciate and thank you for your interest.

Aberjhani 

CHRONOLOGY OF LITERARY WORKS BY ABERJHANI

--Forthcoming novel: THE BLACK SKYLARK Z-PED MUSIC PLAYER, in progress.

--Forthcoming book of poetry: VISIONS OF A SKYLARK DRESSED IN BLACK.

--October 2005 book of poetry and essay, ELEMENTAL, featuring the art of Luther E. Vann.

--October 2005 interview profile Creative Conversatin’ with the Artist Known as Pleasant in online literary journal REDBRIDGE REVIEW.

--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.

PROGRAMS, PRESENTATIONS, HONORS

--October 19, 2005, joined The Authors Guild, Inc., and The Authors League of America, Inc.

--December 5, 2004, “Let The Arts Speak” Literary Cafe at Savannah State University, sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Awarded Certificate of Appreciation.

--August 28, 2004, “Significance of the Harlem Renaissance in Savannah” at Carnegie Library,

Savannah, Georgia.

--September 25, 2003, “Celebration of the Book Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance” at

Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

--April 11-13, 1997, performance poet at Valdosta State University Writers’ Conference, Valdosta,

Georgia.

--October 18, 1995, Portrait of a Poet lecture and performance for the Poetry Society of Georgia in Savannah.

MEDIA

--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.

--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.

Aberjhani

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