Stan West Mailing Address: Soweto West Press P.O. Box 1265 Oak Park, IL  60304 County: Cook e-mail: stanwest@mcs.com Phone: work: 312-603-7865 home: 708-445-9024 fax: 312-603-4707 Genre: Fiction/Creative Non-Fiction

Periodical Publications:

• "Tiptoeing on the Tightrope" (essay), New City, 26 February 1998

Book Publications:

• Profiles of Great African Americans, Publicators International Ltd., 1997
• Prism: An African American Reporter's Multicultural View of the New South Africa, Soweto West Press, 1996
• Why L.A. Happened: Implications of the '92 Los Angeles Rebellion, Third World Press, 1992
• Writing the Funk: Lessons for Black Authors (contributor), Doubleday, 1999
• Children of the Dream (contributor), Pocket Books, 1999
• Willie Delgado's South African Adventure, Soweto West Press, 1999

Forthcoming Publications:

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Ragdale Residency Writers Award, February 1998
• NAACP Award for Writers of History, September 1997
• Afrique Magazine's W.E.B. DuBois Award, February 1997
• Afriware Books Community Service Award, September 1997
• Chicago Association of Black Journalist's Excellence in Broadcasting Award, 1992

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

Recent Workshops:

Present Employment:

• WNUA FM producer/talk show host

Preferred Audience:

• No prefered audience

Willing to travel:

• yes