Tamara J. Madison is an internationally traveled writer, poet, performer, and instructor. Her critical and creative works have been published in various journals, magazines and anthologies including Poetry International, Web del Sol, Tea Party Magazine, aaduna, and Black Magnolias. She has also been published in several anthologies.She is the author of Collard County, A Collection of Short Stories and the poetry chapbook, Sistuh's Sermon on the Mount (both available on Amazon). Grand Prize Winner of the First Literary Recording Contest for Manzanita Quarterly and AUTHENTIC VOICEwork Records, her poetry and spoken word are featured in the album, Naked Voice currently available on CD Baby.Her most recent collection, Kentucky Curdled (poetry and essay) is available in paperback, on Kindle (Amazon), and poetry audiobook (on CD Baby).Tamara is the publisher and editor of TamTalk!!!, a weekly newsletter of creative inspiration and motivation. To contact her or sign-up for the newsletter with updates on new releases, visit her home on the web at http://www.tamarajmadison.com/.