THE PSALM OF TEARS SERIES
(NOVELLAS III)
BY
DANE FIGUEROA EDIDI
THE PSALM OF TEARS SERIES ARE 3 NOVELLAS THAT FOLLOW THE LIVES OF 3 DIFFERENT BLACK WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY: WHETHER THEY BE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE GHETTOS OF BALTIMORE, A PRINCESS FROM AN AFRICA NATION IN 1884 OR AN ENSLAVED BLACK WOMAN IN THE U.S. EACH WOMAN MUST CONFORT THE VIOLENCE OF COLONIST SYSTEMS AND RISE TO WAGE WAR IN THEIR ANCESTORS' NAMES.
ANTIGONE: 1884
BOOK I OF THE PSALM OF TEARS SERIES
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Antigone is a Priestess of a Nation in Africa ravaged by colonization. As she betrays someone close, she breaks the law and finds herself in a battle to save her people from spiritual violence and genocide.
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Marie is a missionary from England, returning to her mother's homeland, she rises in the King's favor and becomes determined to save her people's soul even if it means losing her own.
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ANTIGONE: 1884 adapts the stories of Antigone and Jezebel to ask the question "what happens when our own will masquerades as that of God's".
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THE BALLAD OF ANNE BROWN
BOOK II OF THE PSALM OF TEARS SERIES
ANN BROWN, AN ENSLAVED BLACK WOMAN, MEETS A WOMAN WHO CHANGES HER LIFE. ARMED WITH ANCESTOR MAGIC, AND COLLECTIVE RAGE, SHE IS FACED WITH A CHOICE THAT SPARKS AN UPRISING THAT WILL CHANGE HER LIFE FOREVER
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AN OLD PRIESTESS, SIMPLY CALLED LADY, FINDS A YOUNG BLACK WOMAN AND TEACHES HER THE WAYS OF THEIR ANCESTORS WHILE SECRETLY PREPARING HER PEOPLE FOR A WAR THAT WILL SPAN LIFETIMES.
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THE BALLAD OF ANNE BROWN IS THE STORY OF TWO BLACK WOMEN WITH VERY DIFFERENT IDEAS OF WHAT THE ENGLISH WORD "HUMANE" ACTUALLY MEANS.
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WHITE BABY JESUS, A BLACK TRANS GODDESS SPEAKS
BOOK III OF THE PSALM OF TEARS SERIES
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When a Black Trans Girl is attacked by her brother, she runs away from home and journeys through the Underworld to find the Mother Goddess that was stolen from her family so long ago.
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WBJ, A Black Trans Goddess Speaks is adpated from one of Dane Figueroa Edidi's semi biographical plays and follows the quest of a young trans girl as she journeys throughout history, heaven and hell to reclaim an identity older than language itself...
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