What lies in the soul of a man? Love, laughter, heartache and sorrow? Pride, fear, rage and contentment? The true measure of a man lies in his heart and in his soul. Trials are measured and grounded by inner feelings and the expectations placed on them and they persevere. The weights of the world sometimes are carried on their shoulders. From socio-economic barriers, to racial tensions, broken hearts, to new found faith-experience the plight of man, as only he can explain it, told from his perspective and from his heart. Through expressions of the history of his past, the reality of his present, and the optimism of his future, these gifted men relate what stirs a man's soul and ignites his actions and his thinking. Men the world over have always been much maligned and strident in how life portrays and prefaces their successes and failures. This collection of enlightening stories personifies the sentiment, faith, resilience and love embodied in the creation God made in His own image. The Soul of a Man is a Divine truth and an affirmation of the passion running through the minds of men where hearts and souls are bared. In continuation of the Triumph series, the second book, The Soul of a Man: A Triumph of My Soul Anthology, features these brilliant men; Joe Thomas, Jihad, William Fredrick Cooper, Alvin C. Romer, Marc Lacy, Maurice M. Gray, Jr., Brian Ganges, Jarold Imes, K.L. Belvin, Joey Pinkney, Thomas Ashburn, Jr., Clarence "Baba Simba" Mollock, Tyrell Floyd and Eddrick Dejuan.
The sky is the limit for this sassy, sundry and prolific author. Elissa Gabrielle has broken the ceiling of literary excellence with her gift in the skill of multi-genre writing. The author of two poetry books, Stand and Be Counted and Peace in the Storm, as well as the highly acclaimed novel, Good to the Last Drop, the sequel, Point of No Return, and the much anticipated novel, A Whisper to a Scream, Elissa has proven herself to be well-versed in artistic creativity.
Her colloquial and imaginative creations have lead to sensual and seductive inclusions in Zane's Missionary No More: Purple Panties 2, Erogenous Zone: A Sexual Voyage, Mocha Chocolate: A Taste of Ecstasy, the forthcoming Histoire Amore and multiple poetry anthologies.
As a Literary Entrepreneur, Elissa is the founder of the greeting card line, Greetings from the Soul: The Elissa Gabrielle Collection, collaborator and creator of The Triumph of My Soul, and publisher of Peace In The Storm Publishing Company, which will promote and release novels by ten, up and coming authors in 2009. In addition to these innovative achievements, Elissa has graced the covers of Conversations Magazine, Big Time Publishing Magazine, Disilgold Soul Magazine.
Elissa's Peace In The Storm Publishing won the AAMBC Publisher of the Year award in the summer of 2009.
On September 24, 2009, Peace In The Storm Publishing was awarded 5 African American Literary Award Show awards for Independent Publisher of the Year, Best Anthology, Breakout Author of the Year, Non-Fiction Book of the Year and Romance Book of the Year. www.literaryawardshow.com
In December 2008, Peace In The Storm Publishing was awarded Small Press Publisher of the Year by Disilgold Soul Magazine.
Peace In The Storm Publishing is nominated under five various categories for the 2009 African American Literary Award Show, including INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR, to be held in New York in September 2009.
Her writing and publishing passion is rooted in her desire to give a reader's soul a rise, one page at a time and grounded in her quest to bring forth the Triumph Anthology series, an ongoing testament of faith. The first anthology in the series was the highly acclaimed The Triumph of My Soul, which will be followed by The Soul of a Man and The Breakthrough respectively. "I started the Triumph series because in life, we all fall down, but by the Grace of God, we get back up. There is always victory in tomorrow," Elissa says about the Triumph series.
From the novelty of her writing, to her highly-regarded greeting card line and the successful culmination of her publishing company; Elissa Gabrielle remains an ingenious and creative force to be reckoned with in terms of delivering distinct, fulfilling and entertaining literature. By pushing herself to stay a cut above the rest, Elissa Gabrielle brilliantly and consistently delivers Literary best.
