RÉSUMÉ
Jay Thomas Willis
4902 Bayview Drive
Richton Park, Illinois 60471
Career Objective: Freelance Writing, Editing, and Proofreading.
Magazine Articles:
- (February/March 1997). "The Education of African-Americans Without Benefit of Knowledge of Self and History." Black Diaspora, pp. 53, 76.
- (March/April 2000). "Blacks Must Define Their Own Artistic Standards." Chicago Bridge, pp. 7- 8.
- (January 2001). "How Children Learn Violence." The Chicago Firefly, p. 38.
- (February 2001). "Imhotep: The Greatest of all Times." The Chicago Firefly, p. 28.
- (March 2001). "Queen Nzinga: Africa''s Greatest Daughter." The Chicago Firefly, p. 26.
- "Hannibal: The Person Behind the Name." The Chicago Firefly.
I have had fifteen journal articles published in professional publications.
Short Stories:
- (August 1997). "The Reunion," Short Stories Bimonthly, pp. 1-4.
Books:
- (1990). Implications For Effective Psychotherapy With African-Americans. Infinity Publishing: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
- (1998). God or Barbarian: The Myth of a Messiah Who Will Return to Liberate Us. U.B. & U.S. Communications Systems: Hampton, Virginia.
- (1999). Freeing the African American's Mind. U.B. & U.S. Communications Systems: Hampton, Virginia.
- (2000). Where the Pig Trail Meets the Dirt Road. Infinity Publishing: Haverford, Pennsylvania.
- (2000). A Penny For Your Thoughts: Insights, Perceptions, and Reflections on the African American Condition. Infinity Publishing: Haverford, Pennsylvania.
- (2000). Reflections on My Life: You're Gonna Carry That Weight a Long Time. Infinity Publishing: Haverford, Pennsylvania.
- (2000). Finding Your Own African-Centered Rhythm. Infinity Publishing: Haverford, Pennsylvania.
- (2000). The Devil in Angelica. Infinity Publishing: Haverford, Pennsylvania.
- (2000). You Can't Get There From Here. Infinity Publishing: Haverford, Pennsylvania.
- (2004). When the Village Idiot Get Started. Infinity Publishing: Haverford, Pennsylvania.
- (2005). As Soon As the Weather Breaks. Infinity Publishing: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
- (2005). Nowhere To Run or Hide. Infinity Publishing: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
- (2007). The Cotton is High. Infinity Publishing: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
- (2007). God, or Balance in the Universe. Infinity Publishing: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
- (2007). Why Black Americans Behave As They Do. Infinity Publishing: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
- (2007). Over the Celestial Wireless. Infinity Publishing: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
- (2008). Hard Luck. Infinity Publishing: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
- (2010). Paranoid, But Not Stupid. Infinity Publishing: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
- (2010). Nothing But A Man. Infinity Publishing: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
- (2010). Educated Misunderstanding. Infinity Publishing: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
- (2010). Things I Never Said: Emails to my African-American Son in College. Infinity Publishing: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
- (2010). Born to Be Destroyed: How My Upbringing Almost Destroyed Me. Infinity Publishing: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
- (2010). Word to the Wise. Infinity Publishing: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
I have written the following articles for The Final Call Newspaper:
- "Black Man Endangered in New Millennium?" May 15, 2001.
- "Madness: A Requirement for Blacks in America," June 19, 2001.
- "How Blacks are Being Taken out of the Game," July 3, 2001.
- "Playing Catch-up," August 7, 2001.
- "Solutions to Black Problems in America?"
- "The Civilized World"
- "Buying Black: A Matter of Survival," December 18, 2001.
- "The Buck Stops Here," January 8, 2002.
- "A Different Type of New Year's Resolution," January 22, 2002.
- "The Best Defense is a Good Offense," April 16, 2002.
- "A Beginning, not an Ending," June 18, 2002.
- "Resurrecting the Mentally Dead," August 6, 2002.
From 1995, until 2003, I wrote an on-going 700 word Op-Ed column, twice a week, on the conditions in the African-American community and family for the Chicago Defender Newspaper. From 2006 through 2008, I wrote a 700 word weekly column on the conditions in the African-American family and community for the East Side Daily News of Cleveland, Ohio. I wrote several articles for the Dallas Examiner in 2007. This has resulted in approximately 350 articles.