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Author Talk | Jeffrey Blount

Award-winning author Jeffrey Blount confronts failure and self-discovery head on in his newest novel, "Mr. Jimmy from Around the Way."

From Jeffrey Blount comes his newest spellbinding novel about a self-identified failure, forced to uncover the wisdom of his past in order to recognize that money can't solve every problem.

Mr. Jimmy from Around the Way | After a highly publicized fall from grace, James Henry Ferguson attempts to flee from the chaos and ends up in a community that has been neglected and ignored by everyone, rural Ham, Mississippi, a place of abject poverty, the neighborhood is commonly referred to as "Around the Way." When a troubling discovery is made, the entire neighborhood is rocked, and James is forced to confront his own past in order to help the community have a future.

Fans of Dolen Perkins-Valdez's Take My Hand will be captivated by the familiar strength the main characters have against the prevailing winds, and similarly admire the story of redemption as in Daniel Black's Don't Cry for Me.

Jeffrey Blount is the award-winning author of three novels, including The Emancipation of Evan Walls which was the winner of the 2020 National Indie Excellence Award for African American fiction. During a 34-year career at NBC News, Jeffrey directed a decade of Meet The Press, the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and major special events. He is the first African-American to direct the Today Show. He is also an award-winning documentary scriptwriter for films and interactives that are now on display in the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.

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