Dear Dean – The Magazine!
Issue 4 of Dear Dean Magazine is now in production and will be released next week! Click here to subscribe to Dear Dean Magazine! In case you have either not subscribed yet, make…
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MOVING OUT
As Director of Marketing at a high end senior living community, I helped many seniors and their families navigate the detailed and complex requirements demanded by industry and state regulators. …
I WROTE A SHORT STORY COLLECTION?!
I sure did! I really did. Somehow, during the second year of the pandemic, I thought I’d try a new genre of writing and, well, here we are. And I…
Not an Obituary of My Brother Marty
Martin “Marty” Jefferson Clifton III died Friday, June 11, following an accident early in the morning at a gas station in Fairfield, California. Marty is my older brother and the…
MONUMENTS – A Deadly Day at Jefferson Park
My new novel – the prequel to my last, BLM-PD – is coming soon! Keep an eye out for pre-order info and get notified by joining my mailing list here.…
Floy Dean’s Diamond Birthday
Would you join me in wishing my mom, Floy Dean, a happy 75th birthday? If she were alive her diamond birthday would be lovely. I wrote recently about grief…
An Oakland Summer Day While Black
An Oakland Summer Day while Black The flashes were blinding even during the waning daylight of the beautiful Oakland summer day. Flash after flash—and we all just stood there gazing,…
Anti-Racist Resources for White People
Black and white Americans have struggled to either overcome 401 years of brutal oppression (Black folk) or struggle to ignore 401 years of brutal oppression (white folk) and as a…
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