Jackie O’Neal, author of Woman Priest just released new book, a memoir about identity politics.

The Basque Witch trials. Family conflict. A vicious war that wiped out the African presence. Persecuted tribal groups and secrets of indigenous spirituality. A modern day shaman who through soul energy therapy, effects healing.

Author, Jackie O’Neal is a descendant of these groups and she sought to integrate her multi- cultural past to experience re-birth as a whole person in a society held down by limitations, racism, and division

“Jackie O’Neal’s writing, particularly that which incorporates her background, has a special kind of music. Her images are evocative, finely tuned, and spiritual. She sparkles as writer with great skill and sensitivity.”
                                                      -Elmaz Abinader, author of Children of The Roojme

“O’Neal’s pieces have an edgy quality; they seem driven by a kind of literary nervous energy reflecting a distinctive voice in prose: witty, knowing, surprising- filled with street-wise sauciness and sophistication.”

                                                        – Lucy Rosenthal, author of The Ticket Out

“..prose which is permeated with a lyrical and narrative sensibility ,which is truly unique.”                                                            – Thomas Lux, poet and author of Memory’s Handgrenade (1972), The Glassblower’s Breath (1976