good music :-P, funk, soul, gospel, rock, old school, R&B, ella, billie, otis, aretha, stevie, wilson, jackie, jackson 5, parliament, luther, o'jays, EWF, gloria gaynor, bee gees, johanna, chaka, patti, sweet honey in the rock, take 6, kuumba singers of harvard college, joy denalane, jill scott, chrisette michelle, whitney houston, mariah carey, al green, bill withers
Movies
just about any disney movie, sin city, remember the titans, amandla!, the wiz, the color purple, chicago, crash, robin hood men in tights, an american in paris, seven brides for seven brothers, the prince of egypt
Television
american idol, best week ever, the daily show, living single, a different world, the cosby show, so you think you can dance, grey's anatomy, doctor who
Books
roll of thunder hear my cry, beloved, the grapes of wrath, the color of love, something real, ain't i a woman?, kindred, being plumville, the beauty within, harry potter, a tale of two cities, the sea-wolf, if beale street could talk, aj's serendipity, mufaro's beautiful daughters, the coach's counselor, topaz, zora and nicky: a novel in black and white, tumbling, blues dancing, to kill a mockingbird
Heroes
mommy, grandma, sister, uncles, dad, friends, mary elizabeth bowser, sojourner truth, bell hooks, alice walker, toni morrison, maya angelou, david walker, fredrick douglass, ella baker, fannie lou hamer, audre lord
Savannah J. Frierson's Details
Status:
Single
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
SC
Body type:
5' 2" / More to love!
Ethnicity:
Black / African descent
Zodiac Sign:
Gemini
Smoke / Drink:
No / No
Children:
Someday
Education:
College graduate
Occupation:
Author/Freelance Editor
Savannah J. Frierson's Schools
Harvard University
Cambridge,Massachusetts
Graduated: 2005
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: African American Studies and English
Clubs: Kuumba Singers of Harvard College, Sisters of Kuumba, Eliot House
During her tenure as the unofficial official gatekeeper of the Femme Crew, Bevin Moore found love in Trolling Nights. Can her best friend Rosita do the same?
As the self-coronated queen of Trolling Nights, Rosita Velez has one edict: men are only good for one night, maybe two if she were feeling particularly benevolent. Yet somehow, her latest lover manages to stick around for one night...then two...then three...then four...and suddenly Rosita finds herself in the midst of a romantic coup, facing a decision that will change her life forever. Will Rosita abdicate her crown, or will she continue her reign of the one night stand?
For as long as there have been Trolling Nights, Bevin Moore has been the unofficial official Gatekeeper for her group of friends, the Femme Crew. She is always the designated driver and always makes sure the ladies do not leave the premises with someone she considers a loser. Bevin takes her job very seriously, even if she doesn’t like Trolling Nights in the first place. Yet on one particular Trolling Night, she's completely unaware someone has, finally, chosen her.
Navy SEAL Timothy Capshaw has no problem going after what he wants; and from the moment he sees Bevin sitting alone and sentry-like in a booth, he is intrigued by her. After one dance, Tim knows he wants her. How will he convince Bevin he is the man she hasn't known she's been looking for and that the need for her Trolling Nights is over?
Jada Channing never thought she would see Aaron McKensie again after that night, that one glorious night when she'd lost all good sense and muzzled all the voices telling her why being with him wasn't a good idea. He was older, wealthy, and white. Jada was none of those things, and yet she'd fallen for Aaron anyway-just as her black great-great grandmother Dorcas had fallen for her white great-great grandfather Mr. Joseph all those years ago. Their relationship had been doomed from the start, and Jada saw no reason to think hers and Aaron's would be any different.
Yet what happens when Aaron reappears years later, completely oblivious to the knowledge of his child Joshua, and the feelings Jada had locked away after that one night return twice as powerfully? Will history repeat itself, or will Jada give herself the chance to create an entirely new future?
When full-figured barber Tyler Carver enters GD Fitness for a personal training session, she immediately butts heads with her trainer Gunnar Daniels. Refusing to allow Mr. Just-Walked-off-an-Abercrombie-&-Fitch-Billboard’s rudeness, she gives him a piece of her mind and storms off. Too bad she can’t stop thinking about the gorgeous gray-eyed grump.
Former fashion model-turned-gym-owner Gunnar Daniels, having a day sent express from hell, thinks it can’t get any worse until Tyler Carver, in all her curvy, chocolate glory, takes his breath away the moment he locks eyes with her. Knowing he acted out of character during their session, he apologizes to her. Yet, he wants so much more.
Can Tyler and Gunnar help each other discover that beauty is more than skin deep…that the beauty within is what truly decides the beauty without?
Doctor Eunice Saunders, college counselor and amicably divorced, has already done the "married-with-children" thing has no desire for a repeat performance. Bernard "Bernie" Jenkins, had almost been trapped into the "marriage-with-children" with a child that wasn't even his, and has steered cleared of women who wanted or have children.
After a chance, spark-filled meeting in a parking lot, will either be willing to make an exception for the other?
The last thing Greek Alejandro Melonakos expected to find when shopping for food for his restaurant was the love of his life, but that was exactly who he found when he spotted Black American Samara Grossman across the marketplace. Will he be able to convince her of his love and gain hers in return during her five days on vacation, or will his serendipitous find be all for naught?
Being Plumville
Savannah J. Frierson
Living in the small, southern town of Plumville is effortless, seamless, and safe … if you follow the rules. You’re given them from birth, and anything that could possibly make you break them is removed from your life—even if it’s your best friend.
Such is the case for Benjamin Drummond and Coralee Simmons, two best friends separated during childhood because Benjamin is white, Coralee is black, and relationships between the two races are unspoken in its taboo. However, fifteen years later during the turbulent 1960s, Benjamin and Coralee are reunited, and despite their upbringing, neither are able to deny what they had in their innocent youth, nor suppress the desire to rekindle it—maybe even into something more.
The reunion forces the pair and those around them to examine the consequences of following the status quo versus following their hearts. Is friendship too high a price to pay to be Plumville? Is love? Will Benjamin and Coralee become who Plumville raised them to be, or who they were born to be?
Savannah is a 2005 graduate of Harvard College with concentrations in African and African-American Studies, and English. Originally from SC, she currently lives in MA where she works as a proofreader and freelance editor. She has been writing since she was twelve years old, and she released her debut novel Being Plumville in March 2007 with iUniverse, Inc. For more information about other titles, you can visit Savannah’s Web site at http://www.sjfbooks.com and contact Savannah by e-mail at sfrierson@sjfbooks.com.
Who I'd like to meet: the love of my life, people who make my life better, people who make me laugh, people who comfort me, people who leave places and people better than when they found them, myself
