Author Archives: deidredeanne

By: Courtney L. Smith The brisk aroma of coffee tantalizes the nostrils of patrons walking through severaltables surrounded by multicolored myriads of shelved books. A woman with butter-cream skin and neatly braided hair sits with perfect posture at an isolated table. Her gaze casually scans the passing patrons, orderly shelves, and varying voices until herContinue reading “The Poet Who Redefines Lyrics”

My Mouth is Listening While My Eyes are Talking Look me deep in my eyes and tell me what you hear. If you listen carefully to my thunderous, earsplitting stare, you will hear the unmistakable sound of agony that the owner of these eyes is screaming through tears. These eyes are pleading with you toContinue reading “Poetry”

What motivated you to write your book Plenty of Guppies and Other Dating Misadventures? It wasn’t a book I wanted to write or planned on writing. I woke up on 10/3/21, my mom’sbirthday. She had passed two years before. I really felt stuck. I couldn’t do any of the things I would normally have doneContinue reading “Zen Ase Zennurgy”

What Is the Structure of the US Higher Education System? As an international student, you may be wondering how colleges and universities fit into the larger US higher education system. Students in America are required to go to school between the ages of six and 18 in what are called grades, which run from 1stContinue reading “How does the American School system works”

What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S. BY JOHN GRAMLICH More Americans died of gun-related injuries in 2020 than in any other year on record, according to recently published statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That included a record number of gun murders, as well as a near-record numberContinue reading “Gun violence In America”

Why is there a shortage you ask? The baby formula shortage began in November 2021, when about 11% of popular brands were out of stock, according to data analytics firm Datasembly. As of May 8, 43% of baby formula was sold out at retailers across the U.S. because of recalls and supply chain strains. America’s baby-formulaContinue reading “The Formula Shortage: The smallest victims of the growing inflation crisis.”

African Americans have made a great contribution to the poetry of the United States as well as the world since the 18th century. The earliest known black American poets include Jupiter Hammon, Lucy Terry and Phillis Wheatley, all of whom were active in the 18th century. The poem “Bar Fight”, written in 1746 by Terry but not published until 1855, is the first poem known to have been written by aContinue reading “10 Most Famous Poems by African American Poets by: Anirudh”

We catch up with past artists to see what they have been up to since they first came into HPS pages. If you have been following this blog in the past few months I have been showcasing past interviews and submissions from when the magazine was in paper form, so I wanted to try toContinue reading “New Series: Where are they now?”

Yesterday I reached a couple of personal milestones and it had me thinking about Milestones in general. For me healthwise I didn’t see myself growing up to make it to 19 so when I did I made a promise to myself that every year I would find a way to celebrate that milestone, and forContinue reading “Reaching Milestones”

I wanted to say THANK YOU all for coming to this blog and showing me that you like the progress its doing. That in itself is the best gift I could receive this year. It’s slowly growing with more followers and likes on each post and along with all that, the people I am gettingContinue reading “It’s my Birthday!!!”