Whispering to Babies: a Womb to Tomb Memoir is, on one level, about Dwight's experiences as a volunteer baby-holder at the Pediatric Cardiac Ward at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is also a reflection and meditation upon his own life, refracted through the lens of caring for babies and grounded in a deep well of compassion and care.
The Essence of Haiku: The Relevancy of the Japanese Haiku Masters is intended for teaching the art form of haiku and includes fresh translations from Basho, Buson, Issa and Shiki.
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Modern Psalms of Solace and Resistance is a companion volume to Dwight L. Wilson's first collection of psalms, Modern Psalms in Search of Peace and Justice. It springs from his vision as a black man in America who embraces a blend of mysticism, peacemaking, and love of justice. The psalms are written directly to the Holy One and are non-sectarian.
Summer Excursion: Selected Haiku is the second collection of Dwight L. Wilson's haiku, composed between 1985 and 2002.
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This book is the first of two collections of Dwight's haiku, written between 1985 and 2002.
Sadly, it is currently out of print.
The psalms of the Hebrew Bible were written to express the deepest emotions of a people of faith longing for God's peace and justice in their hearts and in their world. Dwight Wilson follows this tradition in crying out to God against the injustice he sees and experiences today, his longing for and joy in God's presence, and the love he finds daily - despite the brokenness of our world.
While The Lion and the Lamb may be read as a stand-alone, it also builds upon the story line from Sarah’s Song, Out of the Shadow of Darkness, The Courtship of Queens, The Cloud’s Whisper, and River Woman Joined at the Heart, the first five books in the Esi Was My Mother series. Among the continuing themes are the proper relationship between siblings and the African-American, European-American and Native American engagement in the anti-slavery movement.
River Woman was born Fannie, daughter of Esi and Kofi, Fante captured in West Africa. She is the fictional sister of the author's 4th Great Grandmother, Sarah. Both women were runaway slaves. Instead of remaining in an abusive marriage, the woman who was to become River Woman relocated to the west. Through a series of adventures, she became wife to the Bannock war chief, Swift Eagle.
During turbulent times, in The Cloud’s Whisper, passion peaks again and again. Dan Crispin, a man who escaped from slavery, spent his early years seducing and abandoning more women than he intended to remember. After nearly being killed by slave catchers he was nursed back to health by his first love. Feisty and steady Zephyrine grounds him as he becomes a successful pre-Civil War Cincinnati businessman. His redeemed life is filled with romance, dangerous work as an Underground Railroad conductor and the unending attempt to right past indiscretions.
The Courtship of Queens explores the struggles of Fannie and Dan, two siblings, who escaped from slavery in the 1820s. They are trying to create enduring romances in a world constructed to marginalize people with their profiles.
