Nataki Suggs Invitation from MondialAmour

Nataki Suggs Invitation from MondialAmour

Nataki Suggs has been invited to appear on an online talk show called MondialAmour Talk Radio (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mondialamour and http://www.mondialamour.com) and "Poet Of The Month" for the month of September 2007. Stay tuned for additional details!!

Nataki Suggs is a poet, author, wife and mother of two. Born and raised in the metropolitan Washington, DC area, Suggs began writing at a young age. By the age of eleven, she had already won first place in a poetry writing contest. When the prime of adolescence hit Suggs’ life, some experiences halted her knack for writing. However overcoming these same trials caused her to remember and rebirth her passion for writing.

Over the years, Suggs has used her writing as a therapeutic expression. Her poetry cries out to those who feel as if they are alone in their struggles and attempts to give them feelings of hope and freedom. Although she doesn’t hold a formal degree, she believes that overcoming trials are her greatest achievements. Through her works, it is her goal to invoke change in people’s lives.

In her spare time, she reads motivational books. She also finds time to volunteer for Hospice. Since another one of her passions is youth, she is currently a substitute teacher at Laurel High School of Prince George’s County, Maryland. In the midst of everything in her life, she always gives credence to the Lord Jesus Christ because without Him, she knows that she wouldn’t have a story to tell, a poem to write, or a life to live.

Suggs is the author of A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain which was published by Xpress Yourself Publishing in June 2007.

Her book, A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain, has been listed under July 2007 Best Seller List at Xpress Your Publishing. Suggs was recently interviewed by irocktalkradio.com with Jerry Royce on July 3, 2007. She was also interviewed by Afrika Midnight Asha Abney on July 14, 2007.

She currently is featured at a number of sites. Some of them include News Maryland and Baltimore IndyMedia. Some of Suggs' writings are currently featured at Writers.Cafe.org (an online community for writers).For further information visit http://www.authorsden.com/natakisuggs
and
http://www.natakisuggs.blogspot.com

Nataki Suggs Appears at Poetry & Praise Open Mic Nights presented by Anointed P.E.N.S. of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church

Nataki Suggs Appears at Poetry & Praise Open Mic Nights presented by Anointed P.E.N.S. of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church

(Fort Washington,MD)- Nataki Suggs will recite some of her poetry at Poetry & Praise Open Mic Nights presented by Anointed P.E.N.S. of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church held on August 24, 2007 at Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, 7707 Allentown Road Fort Washington, MD. The event starts at 7:00pm.

Nataki Suggs is a poet, author, wife and mother of two. Born and raised in the metropolitan Washington, DC area, Suggs began writing at a young age. By the age of eleven, she had already won first place in a poetry writing contest. When the prime of adolescence hit Suggs’ life, some experiences halted her knack for writing. However overcoming these same trials caused her to remember and rebirth her passion for writing.

Over the years, Suggs has used her writing as a therapeutic expression. Her poetry cries out to those who feel as if they are alone in their struggles and attempts to give them feelings of hope and freedom. Although she doesn’t hold a formal degree, she believes that overcoming trials are her greatest achievements. Through her works, it is her goal to invoke change in people’s lives.

In her spare time, she reads motivational books. She also finds time to volunteer for Hospice. Since another one of her passions is youth, she is currently a substitute teacher at Laurel High School of Prince George’s County, Maryland. In the midst of everything in her life, she always gives credence to the Lord Jesus Christ because without Him, she knows that she wouldn’t have a story to tell, a poem to write, or a life to live.

Suggs is the author of A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain which was published by Xpress Yourself Publishing in June 2007.

For further information about her visit http://www.authorsden.com/natakisuggs

About A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain depicts Nataki Suggs' struggle of confronting the truth about her past, illustrating how she was able to find stability and hope after she truly found God. Her relationship with God created a stable foundation for her to continue climbing the ladder of success, confirming there is nothing she can do without Christ. Even when she could not see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, she found that at the end, there was God's promise of freedom. Line by line, allow your heart to experience the hope that can be captured when there seems to be none. . . A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain

About Poetry & Praise Open Mic Nights

Poetry & Praise Open Mic Nights is a monthly open mic event that is presented by Anointed P.E.N.S. of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church. It takes place every 4th Friday of the Month at Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, 7707 Allentown Road Fort Washington, MD. The event starts at 7:00pm. For additional information send an email to anointedpens@aol.com or call 301.265.8254.

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain by Nataki Suggs

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain
Nataki Suggs
ISBN-10: 0-9792500-9-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-9792500-9-5
Publication Date: June 1, 2007
Publisher: Xpress Yourself Publishing
Trade Paperback
Price: $10.95
Book Link http://authorsden.com/visit/viewwork.asp?AuthorID=64358

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain is available at
-xpressyourselfpublishing.org
- amazon.com
- Karibu Books
- Barnes and Noble

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain depicts Nataki Suggs' struggle of confronting the truth about her past, illustrating how she was able to find stability and hope after she truly found God. Her relationship with God created a stable foundation for her to continue climbing the ladder of success, confirming there is nothing she can do without Christ. Even when she could not see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, she found that at the end, there was God's promise of freedom. Line by line, allow your heart to experience the hope that can be captured when there seems to be none. . . A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain was published by Xpress Yourself Publishing in June 2007 and consists of 80 pages. The cover and Interior Designed by The Writer’s Assistant.
A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain was inspired by my wanting to encourage everyone that has had something to cripple, devastate, or alter his or her life. I wanted to remind people that pain is not a respecter of persons. It is something that we all experience. No one is exempt. Pain will always find its way into your life, whether it be something as small as a paper cut or as big as a migraine headache. My story is meant to aid in the initiation of your healing because I am a survivor of pain and I know that pain can be eliminated, once you know its root. Pain’s weakness is knowledge. Once you know and recognize pain, you can begin to counteract its effects with hope, healing, or the longing to be healed. Once your emotions begin to line up with living, then pain has no choice but to wither away. This is why it is necessary to believe, say, and know that you can and shall live and not die.

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain is targeted to any person who has been through something that has been crippling them from moving forward because of something that was painful in their lives, whether it’s the past or present. I want them to know that they are not alone and that through the healing power of the Love of God they can overcome the pain. Also, I want to stress the fact that people who have been in an abusive situations especially women and teenagers. In addition, I want to target parents who have children with autism, the pain and trauma they go through, I can relate I want to bring a message of healing to them on how so many wonderful things can happen to them when having a child going through that.

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About Nataki Suggs

Nataki Suggs is a poet, author, wife and mother of two. Born and raised in the metropolitan Washington, DC area, Suggs began writing at a young age. By the age of eleven, she had already won first place in a poetry writing contest. When the prime of adolescence hit Suggs’ life, some experiences halted her knack for writing. However overcoming these same trials caused her to remember and rebirth her passion for writing.

Over the years, Suggs has used her writing as a therapeutic expression. Her poetry cries out to those who feel as if they are alone in their struggles and attempts to give them feelings of hope and freedom. Although she doesn’t hold a formal degree, she believes that overcoming trials are her greatest achievements. Through her works, it is her goal to invoke change in people’s lives.

In her spare time, she reads motivational books. She also finds time to volunteer for Hospice. Since another one of her passions is youth, she is currently a substitute teacher at Laurel High School of Prince George’s County, Maryland. In the midst of everything in her life, she always gives credence to the Lord Jesus Christ because without Him, she knows that she wouldn’t have a story to tell, a poem to write, or a life to live.

Suggs is the author of A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain which was published by Xpress Yourself Publishing in June 2007.

For further information about her, please visit her sites at http://www.authorsden.com/natakisuggs
and
http://www.natakisuggs.blogspot.com/

Upcoming Book Signings & Readings

Saturday, July 28, 2007
2:00 p.m. Karibu Books Bowie Town Center, Bowie, MD
Nataki Suggs will sign copies of A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain

Sunday. August 19, 2007
5:00pm. Sunday Kind of Love, Bus Boys and Poets, Washington, DC
Nataki Suggs will recite some of her poetry at Sunday Kind of Love hosted by Sarah Browning of D.C. Poets Against the War & Regie Cabico of Sol & Soul. Readings made possible in part by a grant from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, a public agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Friday, August 24, 2007
7:00pm. Poetry & Praise Open Mic Nights,Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Fort Washington, MD
Nataki Suggs will recite some of her poetry hosted by Anointed P.E.N.S. of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church

September 28-30, 2007
Varies. Baltimore Book Festival,Baltimore, MD
Nataki Suggs will sign copies of A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain

Upcoming Interviews

Thursday, August 22, 2007
7:30pm. LTH Weekly Radio Show

Thursday, August 30, 2007
7:00pm. DeepRootz Inspirtainment Interview
www.blogtalkradio.com/deeprootzsistahcommunity

Wednesday, September 5, 2007
10:00pm. The Poetry Café Radio Show
http://www.artistfirst.com/

Thursday,September 21,2007
7:30pm. MondialAmour Talk Radio

Past Interviews

Tuesday, July 3, 2007
9:30pm. Irocktalkradio.com Interview with Jerry Royce
http://www.irocktalkradio.com/

Saturday, July 14, 2007
Online Interview with Afrika Midnight Asha Abney

Interview with Nataki Suggs

Interview with Nataki Suggs
by Afrika Midnight Asha Abney

God’s Gift

I dedicate this poem to anyone who deals with or has dealt
with a relative who has or had special needs. You are not alone.
I know your pain. I know your struggle.

Having a child with special needs can be hard
at times to believe
God is the one who can fulfill their true destiny

It’s hard at times to comprehend why society judges them
But I stand to see how the Creator who made all men
Can do great things with them…
And they can make it like all men

The stares and the whispers in the stores, malls and
even in some homes
The special ones are God’s creation and yes they
are truly blessed

So I say to you it’s only a test, a test of your faith
Hold on and you will begin to see why they are here
The purpose the Almighty destined for them to be…
They are fearfully and wonderfully made
So take it day by day and remember to keep the faith

God’s Gift

Patience, love and kindness can be developed with a child

Who has certain challenges…
Begin to embrace what you continue to face
You will win in the end, especially if you show love to them

Tell me something about yourself?
I am a poet, author, wife and mother of two. I was born and raised in the metropolitan Washington, DC area.

Tell us something about your book.

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain was published by Xpress Yourself Publishing in June 2007 and consists of 80 pages. The cover and Interior Designed by The Writer’s Assistant.

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain was dedicated to every teenager who feels that they are forgotten, misunderstood or mistake. A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain is filled with stories and poems based on my personal experiences and journeys.

What inspired you to write your book?
Inspired by my personal experiences presented in life

Do you have a specific target audience for your book?
My target audience is any person who has been through something that has been crippling them from moving forward because of something that was painful in their lives, whether it’s the past or present. I want them to know that they are not alone and that through the healing power of the Love of God they can overcome the pain. Also, I want to stress the fact that people who have been in an abusive situations especially women and teenagers.

In addition, I want to target parents who have children with autism, the pain and trauma they go through, I can relate I want to bring a message of healing to them on how so many wonderful things can happen to them when having a child going through that.

How long have you been writing poetry?
I have been poetry since my early childhood.

Tell us something about your poetry.
My poetry cries out to those who feel as if they are alone in their struggles and attempts to give them feelings of hope and freedom.

How did you come up with your title?
The reason why I picked the title was to make clear that you can live life beyond the pain of your past and even your present, you can be victorious in spite of what you have endured. You can be whole in mind body and spirit through expecting that a relationship with God is the key to being healed from the inside out.

What are your future goals?
My future goals are to be a motivational speaker for inner city at risk youth, also teens who have been victims of incest and domestic violence, women and teens who suffer with eating disorders and low self images and teen suicide.

Where can the readers find more about you and your work or projects?
Readers can find more about me and my work by visiting my sites at http://www.authorsden.com/natakisuggs%20and%20natakisuggs.blogspot.com
and
http://www.natakisuggs.blogspot.com/

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain
Nataki Suggs

ISBN-10: 0-9792500-9-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-9792500-9-5
Publication Date: June 1, 2007

Publisher: Xpress Yourself Publishing
Trade Paperback
Price: $10.95

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain is available at

-xpressyourselfpublishing.org

- amazon.com

- Karibu Books

-Barnes and Noble

Copyright ©2007 All Rights Reserved by Afrika Midnight Asha Abney

Xpress Yourself Publishing Releases A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain

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Xpress Yourself Publishing Releases A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain

Xpress Yourself Publishing released A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain by Nataki Suggs on June 1, 2007.







Excerpt

God’s Gift

I dedicate this poem to anyone who deals with or has dealt
with a relative who has or had special needs. You are not alone.
I know your pain. I know your struggle.

Having a child with special needs can be hard
at times to believe
God is the one who can fulfill their true destiny

It’s hard at times to comprehend why society judges them
But I stand to see how the Creator who made all men
Can do great things with them…
And they can make it like all men

The stares and the whispers in the stores, malls and
even in some homes
The special ones are God’s creation and yes they
are truly blessed

So I say to you it’s only a test, a test of your faith
Hold on and you will begin to see why they are here
The purpose the Almighty destined for them to be…
They are fearfully and wonderfully made
So take it day by day and remember to keep the faith

God’s Gift

Patience, love and kindness can be developed with a child

Who has certain challenges…
Begin to embrace what you continue to face
You will win in the end, especially if you show love to them

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain depicts Nataki Suggs' struggle of confronting the truth about her past, illustrating how she was able to find stability and hope after she truly found God. Her relationship with God created a stable foundation for her to continue climbing the ladder of success, confirming there is nothing she can do without Christ. Even when she could not see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, she found that at the end, there was God's promise of freedom. Line by line, allow your heart to experience the hope that can be captured when there seems to be none. . . A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain

About Nataki Suggs

Nataki Suggs is a poet, author, wife and mother of two. Born and raised in the metropolitan Washington, DC area, Suggs began writing at a young age. By the age of eleven, she had already won first place in a poetry writing contest. When the prime of adolescence hit Suggs’ life, some experiences halted her knack for writing. However overcoming these same trials caused her to remember and rebirth her passion for writing.

Over the years, Suggs has used her writing as a therapeutic expression. Her poetry cries out to those who feel as if they are alone in their struggles and attempts to give them feelings of hope and freedom. Although she doesn’t hold a formal degree, she believes that overcoming trials are her greatest achievements. Through her works, it is her goal to invoke change in people’s lives.

In her spare time, she reads motivational books. She also finds time to volunteer for Hospice. Since another one of her passions is youth, she is currently a substitute teacher at Laurel High School of Prince George’s County, Maryland. In the midst of everything in her life, she always gives credence to the Lord Jesus Christ because without Him, she knows that she wouldn’t have a story to tell, a poem to write, or a life to live.

Suggs is the author of A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain which was published by Xpress Yourself Publishing in June 2007.

For further information about her visit http://www.authorsden.com/natakisuggs

About Xpress Yourself Publishing

Xpress Yourself Publishing, founded in 2002, is “dedicated to publishing general interest fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Our carefully selected, growing roster of writers create spellbinding, entertaining, and thought-provoking literature to expand your world. The audience for quality African American fiction is growing and we will be there to meet its needs.”

For further information about Xpress Yourself Publishing please visit http://www.xpressyourselfpublishing.org/

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain
Nataki Suggs
ISBN-10: 0-9792500-9-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-9792500-9-5
Publication Date: June 1, 2007
Publisher: Xpress Yourself Publishing
Trade Paperback
Price: $10.95

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain is available at
-xpressyourselfpublishing.org
- amazon.com
- Karibu Books
-Barnes and Noble