Jerome L WhiteheadJ. L. Whitehead has been writing professionally since 1989, initially beginning his career as a contributing freelance columnist for "PGN, Incorporated" located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After writing for the publication for a year, he publishedhis first chap book of poetry entitled "Universal Words" while enjoying various speaking engagements and poetry exhibitions.His works includes being a major contributing writer to a book of poetry and prose for African American men entitled "A Warm December" in 1989.He has been a journalist for a national web site entitled "The Examiner" as well as contributing to CNN's iReport. These online publications are web sites dedicated to reporting local and national area news and events. He conducts interviews with local area authors and writes unbiased reviews of their work. He also composes commentaries on topics that pertain to the social issues relevant of the day.He has also founded his own publication company that goes by the name, Four Brothers Publications. He has released his first full length novel entitled Bruthas and has also written the manuscript for his first play based on the characters of his novel. In 2013, Bruthas, The Final Chapter was released as the second installment of this family crime drama. Both publications are currently available at www.fourbrotherspublications.com and Amazon.As of 2018, he is a contributor to DemWritePress which is a website that addresses current political issues of the Democratic Party.www.demwritepress.comHe also contributes/owns the following blogs: This blog is comprised of commentary as it relates to sexual abuse for survivors in general and men in particular: https: //www.fourbrotherspublications.com/blogThis blog addresses political issues and valued commentary on social issues as they pertain to local communities: http: //thewritermegaphone.blogspot.com/Awards: The Princeton Literary Review Silver Standard of Literary Excellence for "Bruthas" published August 2011 by Four Brothers Publications Read More Read Less