In 1983 I had just graduated from high school and was shanghaied into college where the world was ripped open and presented to me- it was the greatest year of my life at that time. Had I found these books then I would have been as obsesseded as I am now with Harry Potter series then I would have had a decade or more of things to look forward to something new to keep me alive. (See archive ...)

This story starts a while back in 1996 I was living in Washington D.C. at the time working two jobs: Breakfast cook at a brand new resturant at the time called Teaism, And Rounds cook at Gabriel resturant that feature high-end Spanish and Mexican fusion cusine... (See archive ...)

Just a teaser of some of the artist that are going to be featured in Aziza Manga. Now presenting...

(As a note to the pc users out there, I have not been able to fix my problem with the gallery and how it displays on the pc's. But the pictures are at the bottom you have to scroll down a little lower to see them. Sorry for the inconvience and will have it all worked out in a few. Peace TDO)

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I Just Read... Reviews all things literary... books, poems, comics, ads, even the occasional memo are open targets. If we can read it, then we can review it and here at Defiant you know that we will. meta-creation_date: 5/30/2004 12:28:07

Oprah ain't the only one with a book club baby on occasion we will post a book to read and will later get together and post about what we find. So if you have some suggestions ready as to what to read send it on by cause this will rock.