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Dennis Turner, Author of Powerful and Inspirational Book, "Boy From The Ditch" Celebrates National Library Week and Salutes Libraries And Their Role in Communities!

Dennis Turner, author of the inspirational memoir, "The Boy from the Ditch," will inspire and uplift you.

Turner celebrates National Library Week and salutes libraries and their role in the community. The theme for National Library Week 2023 (April 23-29, 2023) is “There's More to the Story."

Libraries are full of stories in a variety of formats from picture books to large print, audiobooks to ebooks, and more. But there's so much more to the story.

Libraries of Things lend items like museum passes, games, musical instruments, and tools. Library programming brings communities together for entertainment, education, and connection through book clubs, storytimes, movie nights, crafting classes, and lectures.

Library infrastructure advances communities, providing internet and technology access, literacy skills, and support for businesses, job seekers, and entrepreneurs.

National Library Week 2023 will be a great time to tell your library’s multi-faceted story.

Turner says, "Libraries play an important role in our communities and it's important to salute them, support library workers and promote library use."

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SURVIVING CHAOS

AUTHOR TELLS HIS STORY ABOUT GROWING IN EXTREME POVERTY WITH A SCHIZOPHRENIC MOM

Harold Phifer has announced the publication of his second book, a collection of autobiographical short stories exploring his sad and often appalling upbringing in Columbus, Mississippi.  Kept secret for more than 50 years, Phifer’s childhood was largely forgotten until an explosion during a job in Afghanistan forced him to take some time off to recover in a paradise beach resort in Thailand.

While there, he met an unusual but compassionate stranger who pulled him into a long discussion about his experiences growing up. Hours later, Phifer finally found a measure of peace from the ghosts of his past and began planning out the stories that would later appear in Surviving Chaos. The book is available for purchase via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Audible.  For More Info Click Here

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"Boy From The Ditch."
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In 1985, CBS's 60 Minutes brought national attention to a county in Mississippi, known as Sugar Ditch. Click here to watch

This documentary exposed that Tunica's Sugar Ditch was the poorest place in the United States. Rev. Jessie Jackson called it "America Ethiopia." The Boy from the Ditch gives the compelling and riveting story of one boy's journey from the poor and dirty ditch of Mississippi to becoming a successful, educated, motivational/inspirational speaker and singer.

Dennis Turner is the founder of Turtle Nation Productions. He is also a celebrated producer of the popular stage play, 'The Boy from the Ditch,' based off his first book with the same title which gives the compelling and riveting story of one boy's journey from the poor and dirty ditch of Mississippi to becoming a successful, educated, motivational/inspirational speaker and singer.

His group, Dennis Turner and The Turtle Nation Family is one of gospel's favorite musical families in the music industry who has performed throughout the country, including New York City, Memphis, Tennessee, Huntsville, Alabama, Miami, Florida and North Carolina. The group has shared the stage with national recording artists such as Travis Greene, Lowell Pye, Hezekiah Walker, Mike Brown and Focus, and Benita Jones.

Dennis Turner and the Turtle Nation Family released their first album, Faith on April 8th 2017, and released two singles entitled: Children of God on July 15, 2018 and Father's House on November 16, 2018.

On March 28, 2020. Dennis Turner and the Turtle Nation Family dropped their sophomore album, I Press... Now, and released their highly-anticipated junior project in October, 2022 entitled "Why We Sing," featuring his entire family.

Dennis was born in Tunica, Mississippi and The Turtle Nation Family is based in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is set to accept the prestigious Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in December, 2023. Turner will also receive an honorary doctorate in humanitarianism from Leaders Esteem Christian Bible University in Houston, Texas.

To Order Visit: The Boy from the Ditch on Amazon.

For booking information contact Dennis Turner at coachd92@gmail.com or call (901) 289-4604.

Website: Turtlenationministries.com

You can follow him on social media @turtlenation32

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BE Inspired and UPlifted

NEW MEMOIR FROM
ARMY CHAPLAIN DR. JAMES DARREN KEY SHARES A MESSAGE OF HOPE, FAITH AND MORE

Author and U.S. Army chaplain James Darren Key highlights 40 lessons and stories about race, love, honor, and faith to inspire people during changing times in his new memoir A Long Way from Crenshaw: Lessons and Stories about Race, Love, Honor, and Faith for These Changing Times (published by WestBow Press).

With the purpose of being accessible to all, the author writes in a conversational style. Exploring how life can change, and not always positively, he demonstrates how the human spirit can overcome those circumstances.

Additionally, Key speaks candidly about growing up Black in California in the 1970s and 1980s. Wanting to empower others, the author examines his own weaknesses and fears.

Through this study, he hopes to help people:

• recognize failures and successes along their journey;
• approach race and diversity with sensitivity and courage;
• heal from an unhealthy relationship before starting a new one;
• face trials and controversy with unshakable faith.

You can order "A Long Way from Crenshaw" at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

Learn More About Dr. Key Click Here

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She is presently in high school looking to have a career in video, film, and media. You can see more of her entertainment writing on Lonstein Movies.

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