Michael Otieno Molina

The Misbelief Tree, Book 1 Michael Otieno Molina

The Misbelief Tree, Book I is an evocative and humorous journey through New Orleans, 'the city that care forgot.' Follow a native returning to the city a decade after a devastating storm as he rides 'St. R(i) TA, ' the city bus, meeting people who restore his connection to a colorful culture. The Misbelief Tree is a three-book series of novellas of narrative poetry, with elements of memoir and teleplay, that chronicles a prodigal son's return to New Orleans in rhymed and rhythmic wordplay. With the past reduced to 'rubble and the trouble left behind, ' the narrator finds that a delicious fruit, which the children of old New Orleans have named 'misbeliefs, ' represents the human superpowers of imagination and empathy that help create, sustain, and root meaning after loss. With an easy-to-follow musicality built into the hip hop wordplay that electrifies vibrant storytelling, The Misbelief Tree yearns to be read out loud. Get it. Enjoy it. Read it to a friend!