Damon Lamar Fordham was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina on December 23, 1964 and raised in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina (a suburb of Charleston). He received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of South Carolina. His articles have appeared in the University of South Carolina's Gamecock Newspaper, Voices of Color Magazine in Columbia, South Carolina, The Lexington Kentucky Community Voice, and the Tribal Voices Magazine. His poetry has appeared in the anthologies Stop the Butterfly and Moon Come Out.

He has also been writing the "It's Like This" column for the Charleston Coastal Times since 1994 and was a 1996 recipient of the Outstanding Young Man of America award. He is also a research assistant and tour guide at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture along with being a teacher in the Avery Scholars Youth Program. Mr. Fordham is also currently working on his Master's Degree in History at the College of Charleston and his motto is, "Educate Yourself to Lead Yourself, for if you wait on others to show you the way, you will wait for a long time."

You can contact Mr. Fordham to comment on his work by sending an e-mail to damonfordham@yahoo.com or by sending an e-mail to TimBookTu and it will be forwarded.

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