FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Jessica Care Moore-Poole Moore Black Press 404-752-0450 mooreblackpress@yahoo.com www.mooreblackoress.com Publicity: Debra Williams 212-247-3692 debra@diamondandcompany.com I Dreamed My People Were Calling But I Couldn't Find My Way Home Danny Simmons First Published Collection of Poetry and Paintings January 2007 by Moore Black Press "Danny Simmons employs both his skills as an artist and a writer to present this attractive book entitled 'I Dreamed My People Were Calling But I Couldn't Find My Way Home' (Moore Black Press, January 2007). The bright colors of his collages provide a contrast to the relentlessly grim portrayals of a society where people are jailed at birth. He is able to create beauty from rubbish. This is no dinner party on Martha's Vineyard. "Cold ramble down abandoned/…stray dogs howling in bitter/winter huddled six deep and hungry, or I/am a gaping wound waiting for its/daily does of salt." No French Impressionist picnic scenes." -Ishmael Reed At the heart of "I Dreamed My People Were Calling But I Couldn't Find My Way Home" are the stories Simmons tells from his easel --stories of life and love told with passion and at the same time, bittersweet poignancy. "Like corn flakes/for breakfast/the past never/exiting quietly…" this extraordinary coffee table book is one that should be in everyone's collection. About Danny Simmons Danny Simmons is an accomplished artist, widely exhibited both nationally and internationally and in several world-renowned collections including those of the Deutsche Bank and Chase Bank. As an activist and community leader, he sits on the Boards of various institutions and organizations including the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Brooklyn Public Library. Simmons is a philanthropist, co-founder of Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation with his brothers; entrepreneur, Russell Simmons and Joseph (Rev. Run) Simmons; poet, as this volume testifies, and co-creator of the award-winning HBO series, Def Poetry Jam. Simmons is the author of the novel, Three Days as the Crow Flies published by Atria Books, gallery owner of both the Rush Gallery in Chelsea, NY and the Corridor Gallery in Brooklyn, exhibiting works and projects from less conventional and underrepresented artists. I DREAMED MY PEOPLE WERE CALLING BUT I COULDN'T FIND MY WAY HOME By Danny Simmons $30.00 January 2007 ISBN: 0-9658303-1-0 Format: Trade Paper Publisher: Moore Black Press For more information on the book and author, visit www.mooreblackpress.com. To contact the publisher or for ordering information: 404-752-0450 and/or: P.O. Box 10545, Atlanta, GA 30320. For review copies and interview requests, please contact: Debra Williams Diamond & Company Public Relations 212-247-3692 debra@diamondandcompany.com