The most important thing to tell you about me is that I’ve written a new book called "The Mee Street Chronicles: Straight Up Stories of a Black Woman’s Life." It's a memoir and you’ll find rotating excerpts from it when you click on my blogs. In my book, I narrate stories about my turbulent life journey as I struggle to find liberation from the many prisons that bind me. Of the many issues that cause conflict, one is Jim Crow segregation, another is same sex attraction; still later, there is the matter of a drinking problem. How these and other things play out give my stories page-turning drama. These are very powerful stories that speak to all kinds of people--Black, White, Latino, women, men, young and old, Lesbian, Gay and Straight--because they are universal, human stories.
QUOTES BY READERS ABOUT "The Mee Street Chronicles"
--In many ways, Frankie Lennon carries on the torch left by Audre Lorde...she over turns the parts of us that reveal a richer if more painful underside...and with tenderness, love and clairty, the writings of Frankie Lennon help to heal and empower us, recalling Lorde's haunting refrain that "Our silence will not save us." In that great tradition, Frankie Lennon's work is very dear to me and should be to every woman. Kola Boof, author of "Diary of a Lost Girl"
--Her stories of being a young girl, teen, woman, dealing with issues of alcohol addiction, same sex attraction, spirituality, community--all are covered in a stunning way. Jair, The Literary Masturbator, poet
--It's a wonderful book. Frankie did a magnificent job of capturing the city of Knoxville during the Jim Crow days and of her school days at Austin High. It's a page-turner, especially for Knoxvillians.Charlene Whittington, Knoxville, Tennessee
--I'm taking a UCLA memoir writing course on-line and I'm delighted to be able to recommend this bookk to all of my fellow students. Nancy Pine, Los Angeles
--"The Mee St. Chronicles" made me feel as thought I was allowed to hear someone confess their deeply held secrets, yet it was refreshing to learn how a "young, gifted and black" woman overcame a childhood tainted by Jim Crow and sexual identity frustrations. The book is a fast read and important for anyone who wants insight into the trials and triumphs of a life passionately lived. Lawrence Howard, Indiana University, 1965
--Frankie has a story to tell. Every generation has its Zora Neale Hurston, its voice of truth and clarity. Frankie is finding her way to a generational truth. We all need to read Frankie Lennon. Nikki Giovanni, poet
