A noted historian, poet, journalist, editor, visual artist, and veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Aberjhani was born in Savannah, Georgia. He has won recognition for his commitment to fostering camaraderie among creative artists on a global scale and for advocating human rights and the strategic practice of compassion among community and world leaders. His acclaimed groundbreaking works include: Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah, Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance and ELEMENTAL, the Power of Illuminated Love (featuring art by Luther E. Vann). He is the owner of Bright Skylark Literary Productions and content contributor to the Charter for Compassion blogsite. For more please visit: www.greeting-flannery-oconnor.com.ALSO BY ABERJHANIFiction & PoetryI Made My Boy Out of Poetry (1997)Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black (2006)The Bridge of Silver Wings (2007)Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World (2007)ELEMENTAL: The Power of Illuminated Love (with Luther E. Vann) (2008)The River of Winged Dreams (2010)Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player (2019)NonfictionEncyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance (with Sandra L. West) (2003/2019)The Wisdom of W. E. B. Du Bois (2003/2016)The Harlem Renaissance Way Down South (2007)The American Poet Who Went Home Again (2008)Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah (2019)As Editor or Co-EditorSavannah Literary Journal (1994-2000)Civil War Savannah Book I: The Immortal City (2011)Civil War Savannah Book II: Brokers, Bankers, and Bay Lane - Inside the Slave Trade (2012)