Pop Smoke

<p><span style=color: rgba(38 38 38 1)>Although Tisha has been a lot of things throughout her forty years-one of the only constants was being Zeke Parker Jr.'s first born. </span><em style=color: rgba(38 38 38 1)>Pop Smoke: A Memoir of Family and Courage</em><span style=color: rgba(38 38 38 1)> explores the navigation of life through the lens of a young girl sibling daughter mother and a combat soldier while fully embarking upon the strength of familial ties; a bittersweet nostalgia over the old house that raised her; complicated admiration and disappointment in family; her yearning for an artistic passion of her own; and her boredom that escalated to anxiety and fear during her Army years. Tisha is finally ready to say goodbye to it all and pop smoke.</span></p><p><br></p>