A new collection from Sister Sharon Hunter, CJ celebrating the people and circumstances who help make us what we are.

“For several months in 2020, I awoke most days at 3:00 a.m. to a mind busily at work; my own, of course. I had a choice to make, ignore it or explore it. Vivid memories, pictures really, of people I once knew climbed from the depth of my subconscious where Id cleverly assigned them. They captured my attention, and rightfully so, for I owed them. When we reject our heritage, as I did, because its not image worthy, we cancel as well those who enhanced our lives. Good people, brave people, wise people, sometimes shady and crooked people, all contribute to our circle of life. To fully understand me, I must include them. Chance Encounters is my thank you to those I carelessly tossed away in quest of shallow acceptability. Theyre alive once again on the pages of this book. And Im forever grateful for their vibrant beauty, courage, ingenuity, and fascinating eccentricities. They paid the world the high compliment of being themselves.” Sister Sharon Hunter, CJ

Sister Sharon Hunter, Sister Anna-Hope Mitchell