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Ain respects the poetry game. She talks about what's real instead of looking for what's pretty. My head starts bobbing to no music, because her flow is so poetic. - Shamontiel L. Vaughn, author of Change for a Twenty and Round Trip Ain creates young prose out of the depths of an old soul. Her words are sweet, clever and insightful, sometimes all at once. Don’t deny yourself the pleasure of enjoying her fresh, poetic voice. - Eddie B. Allen Jr., author of Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines Ain HD's [If ] Life's Rotten, Write to the Core, is impossible to put down. A definite must-have for the avid reader, poetry enthusiast, and anyone else looking for inspiration, humor, fun, and thought provocation. - Kyara Evans, faithful fan and avid reader Praise for [If ] Life's Rotten, Write to the Core: For more information, contact Ain Drew at [email protected] or visit www.ainhd.com. PHOTOGRAPHY BY: tt coles • www.myspace.com/terra_tarice In the same spirit as the prolific writers of the Harlem Renaissance, many urban poets still push the word and believe that written poetry holds a universal power that is unscathing in our time of digital technology. With that faith, Ain HD is determined to prove that the literary world is in need of a contemporary Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen. With verses that beg to be memorized, Ain writes with the rhythm of a spoken word artist, but with a command of language that pleads to be penned for new generations to admire. Ain HD's first collection [If ] Life's Rotten, Write to the Core, is a poetry collection that examines the current social, political, and religious aspects of our society. This collection represents a broad range of emotions, viewpoints and experiences, rounded out with writing prompts to make the poetic experience more personal.
