{"title":"Jackie Alexander","description":"\u003cp\u003eJACKIE ALEXANDER is the Producing Artistic Director of the North Carolina Black Repertory Company and Executive Producer of the National Black Theatre Festival, with eighteen world premieres produced to date. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eOur Daily Bread\u003c\/em\u003e, his debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander’s debut film, Joy, received the 2002 Best Feature Film Award from the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, and in 2018 the Black Theatre Network honored him with the Presidential Pathfinder Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not writing, Alexander works as an actor, writer, producer, and director. The Billie Holiday Theatre in New York devoted its entire 2010–2011 season to his work, commissioning him to write three new plays, an honor unique in that theatre’s history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJackie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJackie Alexander’s books are published by Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"our-daily-bread","title":"Our Daily Bread","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom renowned playwright Jackie Alexander comes a captivating, masterfully told coming-of-age novel of a young man struggling through his haunting past to discover and save himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStigmatized at birth due to his interracial parentage and reared in a household poisoned by domestic abuse, Kevin Matthews is orphaned at age ten after losing his mother to a violent attack at the hands of his father, who is jailed for the crime. Raised by his paternal grandfather, a Baptist Minister who instills values of the church as a base for recovery, Kevin is content with life in rural Louisiana during the 1970s until disturbing news surfaces regarding his mother's attack–news that sheds doubt on his father's guilt, and leads Kevin to relive painful memories. As Kevin grows up, the emotional scars of his childhood cast dark clouds over his relationships with women, and his life begins to spiral out of control. Faced with losing all that he loves, Kevin is forced to confront the man who holds the key to his salvation, his father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Daily Bread \u003c\/i\u003eis a rich and compelling coming-of-age story of a young boy whose journey takes us from the bayous of Louisiana to the big city lights of New York and Paris. Examining family, race, religion, and the lingering effects of domestic abuse,\u003ci\u003e Our Daily Bread \u003c\/i\u003equestions what defines one's legacy: the surroundings we are born into, or the choices we make thereafter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1596528958\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781596528956\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Jackie Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40193637974203,"sku":"9781596528956","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40193638006971,"sku":"9781630263966","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/81J0wfDb2IL_mockup_v2_1620851723_fe95b3c1-ec6e-4bd5-8dd3-e1a06b73b337.jpg?v=1790965306"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-jackie-alexander.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}