Publicity 

Aquarius Press Interview for Stone+Fist+Brick+Bone

2007 Independent Publisher Awards

Clinton Fraser Chronicle

thedetroiter.com

2005 Mount Arrowsmith Prize

The Mat.com

Praise for Motown Burning:

"Motown Burning is raw, the emotions, powerful, and the images, brutal. The dialogue is coarse and gritty and paints an uncompromising portrait of war. It is through this language and Jeffire’s rich imagination that history comes to life."
                           --Holly Smith, thedetroiter.com 

"It works. I don't often say that, but it has a drive and integrity that gives it credible life....I find a novel with heart."

                                                                                                    --Philip F. O'Connor, Pulitzer Prize nominee and  

                                                                                                       former chair of the Pulitzer Jury

"I am encouraging you Detroit...get the book--great book."
                           --Sheri Brooks, host of "Wordz in Motion"

2007 Springfed Arts Metro-Detroit Prose Contest Winner

2007 Independent Publisher Awards Gold Medal for Regional Fiction

2005 Mount Arrowsmith Novel Competition Grand Prize Winner

2005 thedetroiter.com POE-try Contest Winner

2004 Gival Press Short Story Competition Finalistu

2001 Current Magazine Short Story Contest Runner-Up

1999 Whiskey Island Short Story Competition Winner

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