Time Travel is my latest poetry chapbook, published in 2024. Not only does it feature my poetry but my photography too. 

This photograph was taken in South Carolina and is in my book Time Travel.

Silent Teardrops is my first novel and was inspired by a short story I wrote in college which received praise from my professor. It is set in a small South Carolina town in the 1970's and follows four members of one family as the connections between them are tested by a difficult present and a haunted past. There is adultery, drug abuse, lies, and deceit and it is told through the eyes of each character. Silent Teardrops uses dialect that is down home and southern and it takes the reader on an emotional journey. I am excited to say that I am working on my second novel titled, 155 James Street.

Back in 2004 when I first self-published Silent Teardrops I didn't know a thing about what I was doing. But as I got more experienced with writing and editing, I decided to revise my novel and bring in a professional, objective voice to help. In 2010, I re-released Silent Teardrops with a new cover and with an updated story on the inside.

for the LOVE, short stories and poems, Vol. 1 is a collection of short stories, poems and art which explore love, spirituality, fear and so much more. This is my second published book and I followed it up with for the LOVE...Vol. 2 in 2014. Fun fact: "Runaway," the last story in this book was my first published piece by a literary journal. Deep South Magazine shared my work with the world and has since published two more of my short stories.

for the LOVE...Vol. 2, is an e-book that picks up where Vol. 1 ends—by using blogs, poetry and photography to tell a story. I wrote it and presented it in this way because I wanted to uplift spirits, provide guidance and give hope by combining several of my creative passions into one collection.

This is the announcement that was made in my local newspaper back home about my novel Silent Teardrops and book signing on Feb. 26, 2005.

In 2022, I received a grant from the MSAC to  curate an in person artist exhibition titled Black Joy Is My Protest. This video shares moments from the artist talk which took place at the site of the exhibition in Baltimore at Busboys and Poets.

This is a collage of the 12 artists who were a part of the Black Joy Is My Protest in person exhibition in 2022.

This artwork is from the in person exhibit, Black Joy Is My Protest. Artist is Yewande Kotun Davis and the title is "We are the ones we've been waiting for."

This a piece of artwork from the Black Joy Is My Protest Exhibit that I curated in 2022. Artist is Candice Tavares, piece is "Dance in Motion."

This photo collage shows the 13 artists who were a part of the REVOLT: Black Joy Still Exists, It Always Will virtual exhibition.

My poem bare was framed and put in Roland B. Sweitzer Park in Laurel after former US Poet Laureate Ada Limon's poetry in national parks project. Sponsored by the Laurel Arts Council and Laurel for the Patuxent. 

In 2024, I served as the guest editor for Yellow Arrow Journal's spring issue with the theme of Elevate. It was an honor to be a part of bringing a beautiful work of art alive.

In 2025, I hosted a poetry workshop in Laurel where I am a member of the Laurel Arts Council.

This video begins by telling a story that starts in 2020 and culminates a year later but it's the in between— COVID, racial unrest, and brutality against Black bodies—that led me to create the virtual exhibit, REVOLT: Black Joy Still Exists, It Always Will. Yet this video shares so much more.

A fire hydrant located inside a structure. It caught my eye while I was roaming around in Mullins, SC.

This photograph was taken in my hometown of Cheraw, S.C. and speaks to my fascination with trains. The poem that accompanies this image is titled "Migration." Both were published in The Auburn Avenue literary magazine, along with two other poems. https://www.theauburnavenue.com/threepoemsbyjns