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“Jayd’s Paradise” by Jarold Imes
When I ran into Jayd Jackson, the sixteen year old resident of Compton, California… I was expecting a gangsta chick. You know the kinds of sistas that Snoop Dogg and DJ Quick rap about in their songs… representing the left coast to the fullest. What I underestimated was that Jayd was a smart, sophisticated no-nonsense sista who knew how to keep her ex and this writer in check.“Drama High is based on my life as a teenager with the wisdom i now have as an adult.” The author of the Drama High Series, L. Divine would reveal to me as I was still getting used to Jayd and her attitude. “I came up with the idea for the series while teaching for LAUSD, where the literacy rate among African American teens is in rapid decline. I figured they might be more inclined to read if they could relate to the literature. And so came Jayd and her Drama High crew.”And came they did. L. Divine would be one of the leaders of the new school of black young adult authors who are currently taking their place on America’s bookshelves. And now three books later, one would think that L. Divine would be an over night success, but she soon corrected me on that as well.“I self-published volume one before i found a major publishing house who would take the project on, and that was three years later. Now, five years later, the novels are out and it's still a very difficult world to navigate.”I could relate to that. We both agree that there is enough room for everyone’s voice and that the opportunity is what you make of it. Also, we both have written for adults and she takes it a step further with one of her upcoming projects.“I am currently working on a book loosely tilted From Mammy to Yemoja, Jezebel to Osun: The Reconstruction of Motherhood within the African Diaspora for the Center for the Study of Women at UCLA where I'm a research scholar. I also have several other adult novels in the works.”In addition to that, she is currently working on volumes 4 & 5 as well as creating a new series, Drama U for Jayd’s college years. If I hadn’t of made Jayd mad, then I probably could have talked her into going to my alma mater. I redeemed myself when I laughed at the overage, worn out playa that tried to holla at Jayd. She instantly let him know where he could go and L. Divine looks on only as a proud mother could.“The series is semi-autobiographical...the main difference would be her wisdom. I wish I were as smart as she is when I was 16.”Coming from a woman who admits to reading Sweet Valley High and anything written by Danielle Steele, I wouldn’t expect anything less. I shut my tape recorder off and thanked L. Divine and Jayd for spending some time with me before I caught the Greyhound going back to Denver. A young buck blasting the Snoop Doggy Dogg classic, “Gin & Juice” took me back to my little boy days in Denver and my head was nodding like it did twelve years ago.It feels good to make the trip back to the left coast.L. Divine’s Drama High series are available on this site as well as in stores nationwide.
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