Carolyn Butts has been writing poetry and prose since she was ten years old. Extremely shy as a child, she saw writing as a way of communicating and expressing herself. It was a way out of her shell. Carolyn explains, "I used to be so shy that I had one best friend and she would ask the teachers if I could use the bathroom because I was so afraid of raising my voice and speaking in public. I was the kid who sat in the back or front of the class and never said a word. But I heard all." Since then Carolyn has shed her shyness and published African Voices Magazine, a NY based literary magazine which has featured the work of many established and upcoming writers and visual artists. Carolyn is also working on her own poetic debut, "God's Pen."  check her website www.carolynabutts.com or www.africanvoices.com.

update 3 August 2008