VICTORY OF THE SPIRIT: Reflections on My Journey is a collection of one page ruminations on the author's life experiences published June 2011.
"Your message comes across so lovingly, as though you are nurturing all of humanity with your wisdom, a sagacity that arises from your ability and willingness to reflect deeply on your life experiences." Dr. Chalmer Thompson
The essays are divided into sections including the following:
BEING BLACK
BEING EDUCATED
CHERISHING FAMILY
KNOWING WHO YOU ARE
LEARNING AND GROWING
LIVING LONG AND WELL
MAKING YOUR LIFE WORK
NURTURING CHILDREN
RISKING THE UNKNOWN
SEEKING SPIRITUAL POWER
SUSTAINING COMMUNITY
Victory of the Spirit was initially published in 1996 and sold over 50,000 copies. The revised and updated version is a hit once again!
Janet Cheatham Bell
Janet Cheatham Bell is an independent scholar, writer, speaker, and publishing consultant. She edits manuscripts and assists others to get their work into print. At the same time, she also works on her own projects currently including
Not All Poor People Are Black, a collection of essays, and the second installment of her memoir. Part I of that memoir,
The Time and Place That Gave Me Life was published by Indiana University Press in 2007. Bell has pursued her dream of creating and publishing books since 1986 when she established Sabayt Publications and published
Famous Black Quotations and some not so famous. She has subsequently published a dozen books including two self-published titles that were later licensed to Warner Books.
Click on MY WORKS at the top of the page to obtain more information about each of Bell's titles and/or to order books.
To read excerpts from works-in-progress, click on EVENTS at the top of the page
Bell is occasionally available to speak to either large audiences or small groups, encouraging others to live their dreams as well. Her son, W. Kamau Bell, a comedian and humorist, followed her example and has pursued his dream of performing and directing.
