Hold You Down readers of all backgrounds will

readers of all backgrounds will be empowered to discover what they too can achieve

In the Bahamas Sketchbook

even being beaten to within an inch of her life

composing haiku in new forms

Hold You Down readers of all backgrounds willHold You Down is an edgy novel from rising star Tracy Brown about the perils of love and the ties that bind New York City. Late 1980s to early 1990s. Mercy and Lenox Howard have always only had each other. Growing up on the mean streets of Harlem with an absentee mother meant that they had to have each other's backs. Now young, smart mothers they are determined to survive in New York City while raising their two sons, who have bright futures ahead of