F. Haywood Glenn
Through My Literary Lens
Four Black Inventors You May Not Know On Steamy, hot days when it is just too hot to stay outdoors, many relax under the cool breeze of...
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Mar 29
The Hidden History of African American Composers
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(1)In Honor of Women’s History Month: Florence Beatrice Price I often listen to classical music while writing fiction. One afternoon, I was...
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Mar 18
The Roots of Black Haircare
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(1)In honor of Women's History month, this is a little history about a little-known black female entrepreneur.
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Sep 14, 2022
Through my Literary Lens: Birth of the Legacy Series
I am sometimes asked if the first book in the Legacy Series, The Vance Legacy, is autobiographical. It isn’t. The Legacy stories are the...
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Aug 23, 2022
Through My Literary Lens
The Invisible Illness I rarely, if ever, write a personal blog. I have always preferred to keep my personal life private. However, since...
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Mar 9, 2022
Through My Literary Lens: My Ten Best Reads
“Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not...
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Feb 5, 2022
Through My Literary Lens: Pathway to Illiteracy
As a lover of the written word and also a writer of historical fiction, it is heart wrenching to learn that some people seek to ban any...
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Oct 2, 2021
Through My Literary Lens
Maroons - More of what they didn’t teach us in school. In researching run-away slaves and the Underground Railroad I learned that even...
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Jun 20, 2021
Through My Literary Lens
US MAIL SERVICE The first post office was established by William Penn in Pennsylvania in 1683. Prior to the establishment of reliable...
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Feb 3, 2021
Through My Literary Lens
The Queen of Historical Fiction On January 22, 2021 the world lost a literary treasure, Sharon Kay Penman, one of the greatest historical...
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Dec 4, 2020
Through My Literary Lens
The Land Beyond the Sea Sharon Kay Penman The Land Beyond the Sea Sharon Kay Penman Sharon Kay Penman skillfully brings the ancient world...
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Jul 9, 2020
Artistic Vision vs. Political Correctness
The removal of a movie because it makes some people uncomfortable, may satisfy a few, but will only serve to smooth a few ruffled feathers.
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Jul 9, 2020
Back at the PC
For a number of reasons, it has been close to nine months since I’ve penned a blog or did any significant writing, but I’m doing my best...
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Jun 18, 2020
Blind Judgement
This story was published in Times of Joy and Sorrow “You smell!” “So do you.” “Yeah, but you smell so bad that even the rats don’t want...
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Jun 8, 2020
Black Lives Have Always Mattered
Black Lives Matter is not a new sentiment or creed. Black lives have always mattered. We mattered when the colonizers decided that we...
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Oct 10, 2018
On The Frontline of the Anti-Slavery Movement
Mary Elizabeth Bowser - A Hero Harriet Tubman is probably the most well-known African American woman recognized for leading slaves to...
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F. Haywood Glenn
- Jul 9, 2018
This Land is Mine
I watched an episode of the History Channel’s documentary, The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen – Live Free or Die Part 3. This...
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- Apr 18, 2018
Just So You Know!
FREE DOWNLOAD Times of Joy and Sorrow Kindle Store from April 19 – April 23 This is a collection of African American short literature....
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An Unfinished History
- Mar 13, 2018
Just so you know!
When the writing of Dark Legacy was coming to an end, I was struggling for an ending that would be both climatic and engaging. I wanted...
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Lillian's Diary: Entry #6 & Book Review
- Nov 21, 2017
Just So You Know . . .
Saturday, June 30, 1832 Last night was another of those nights when the heat of the day did not cool after the setting sun. It was too...
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