Kites That Flew

By Jamel Stevens

"Kites That Flew" was an accident book that just happened to materialize due to circumstance, happenstance, and my educational journey while living in the subculture of a prison society. I had to survive...mentally and physically. Deprived of my freedom and bombarded by negativity in a hostile environment, I had to assimilate into the cultural n

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cadmus Publishing
• Release date: May 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9781637511909

Jamel Stevens

Jamel Stevens was born and raised in Harlem. He is a writer of short stories, poems, a novel, and more. He classifies his writings as "a different style of art." Traveling the country has opened the flood gates to a diversity of culture and style, which have soaked many pages with the residue of his soul. Education has blessed him to be a wonderful creator of the arts. He is affiliated with entrepreneurship, the music business, and networking with others on a wide genre of projects. Family means everything to him...family is not just blood, but a multiplicity of people who are striving for the same common cause/goal.

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Kites That Flew

By:

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Copyright © 2022 Jamel Stevens

Published by Cadmus Publishing

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Port Angeles, WA

ISBN: 978-1-63751-190-9

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022905696

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Dedicated to Cadmus Publishing

Foreword

Yo, you funny as hell :). You ain’t the only one I’m tired of fronting snake lying, hating spying deceiving no good for nothing ass niggas. They just wanna celebrate your downfall praying some bad will come your way. I already told you I like the way you been moving. That’s how you gotta keep it. Don’t get on the gate participating in their foolishness. You the God!

Acknowledgements

I’d like to take this time to acknowledge some very important people; starting with the people who supported my literary career: The supporters of my first book House of Brittle Bones, and supporters of this book Kites That Flew. Without y’all there would be no me in this literary world.

My Sis and Bros: Quandera Quick, who has been my sister and supporter, thus, helping me numerous times during my incarceration, in ways that many could not possibly do…such a powerful black woman!

Giovanni Seven Jimenez, who has had my back since 1st grade. I can’t leave out his mom Sunshine, who embraced me like a son, welcomed me into her many years...mentally and physically. I cannot

forget about The Kurse Entertainment and my boy Nito holding it down.

My production team: Frank Reuter of Cadmus Publishing, who I bugged the hell out of, sometimes daily, thank you for your patience and answering queries when I was new to the literary world. Frank, maybe this book is "The One…it’s different!

My professional team: Peace to Queen Kyshia Woods (Ifama Earth) of Universal World Jewelry; Thanks for keeping me bling-blinging, being a good sister and promoting House of Brittle Bones. Cephus Robinson of One Nation Bookings, who, when my first