Welcome to Lit Lore
Lit - guided by light; or fire.
Lore - experience, wisdom,
tradition and knowledge.
Explore books that ignite
passions for self-discovery
and societal renewal.
Featured Author
Dr. Bessie W. Blake, Award-winning Author of Speak to the Mountain: The Tommie Waites Story & God's Bad Boy: James Blake and the System
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About the Publisher
Socrates' adage, " The un-examined life is not worth living," inspired the founding of Lit Lore. Since 2012, this literary press has been devoted to publishing books that examine private problems and public issues impacting the human condition. True to its root meaning, Lit Lore authors explore everyday concerns and illuminate experiences, traditions and ideas that foster better understandings in multicultural societies.
Exploring experience, learning and identity
Passionate and original literary voices
God's Bad Boy is a rapidly-paced biographical narrative that reads like a novel. In this powerful story of a child caught in a web of ineffective social service systems, lessons learned at an early age merge with critical insights as the boy grows into a man who addresses the needs of children.
"Speak to the Mountain fills an important gap in the cultural history of African-Americans. Written with the intimacy of a grandparent's love and the fieriness of an ardent sermon, the oral tradition of the culture is brought to bear on the transmission of inter-generational wisdom. I am happy to endorse Speak to the Mountain. Read this book. Your spirit will soar and you too will be encouraged to stand against the odds."
~~Gordon Parks - Iconic Photography, Filmmaker, Author, Musical Composer, Painter