J. Stephen Whitney is a poet, essayist and fiction writer who takes a strong approach to his creativity and has a genuine desire to write. He has a wide variety of work known for its irony and satire. He has published poems in African American Review, Exhibition, Poetry Corners, Black Scholar, Third World Communications, Reed, Timberline Review, Obsidian, Poeming Pigeon and USA Today. He has received awards and recognition from L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future and Writer’s Haven Bright Side Poetry.