TraVERSE

About the Book

TraVERSE: The Never-Ending Journey of a Misplaced People is a collection of poetry, prose, and drama written over a 35-year period. The collection is divided into four sections:

Never-Ending Journey is comprised of poetry, short fiction, a short play, and a short essay that depict the struggles of the African-American community against external and internal barriers.

The Waiting Room is a one-act play that originally carried the subtitle A Play in Black and White. The central theme focuses on race; however, ageism is also a prevalent theme in the play.

Requiem for a Queen is a one-act play with characters, a situation, and action that could exist in any cultural setting.

Day of the Klan is an original screenplay in search of a movie deal. The script, completed in December 2006, is the author’s first effort in screenwriting.

About the Author

Nathan Lee Gadsden is a staff writer for the Intelligencer Journal of Lancaster, Pa. Gadsden resides in Lancaster with his wife, Deborah Wilson Gadsden. He began writing poetry in response to the racial turmoil in the 1960s. He later expanded his writing to include fiction, essays, and drama. Gadsden has worked as an educator as well as a journalist. He has taught literature and composition in high school and college. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and a Master’s degree in English. TraVERSE is Gadsden’s second book. His first book, Across the Bridge, is a novel based on his experience at a New England prep school in the 1960s.