Mind Speaking Out Loud (PB) (2011)

As women of color continue to move up the social ladder, challenging the odds and resisting all stereotypes, T.L. Skinner presents a poetry book that will inspire women to love themselves for who they are. As time continues to tick by and women are bombarded with society's standards of beauty and behavior, this poetry book shows that flawless are priceless attributes, and things to be proud of. As Skinner bares her soul, withholding nothing back and standing strong, she encourages women to love themselves, for men to have the highest level of accountability. With a complete sense of aurora and radiancy, Skinner welcomes readers into the daily struggle of any woman of color and shows the strength that it is possible to overcome all things. Touching on subjects that vary as wide from self-inspection, friendships, relationships, and surviving turmoil, Skinner encourages all who read that not only is the ebb of life's storms rugged and hard to sail through. But surviving it all can give any woman courage enough to look in the mirror, and finally verbalize the qualities of: "Who I Am!"