My She Shootin' Sis - Kerika Fields: He's Gone...Your Back

Writer and photographer Kerika Fields in doing a special New York City tour to celebrate her new book, He's Gone....Your Back. this book is by no means a male bashing book. However, it does give women advice on how to love themselves more while building self-confidence. A good Valentines Day buy for yourself or a friend.

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Kerika's New York Schedule

HE’S GONE — YOU’RE BACK will guide and reassure you through the worst days, and prepare you for the future — because the best really is yet to come. The book helps women to discover how to commit to their recovery like they were committed to their relationship; to avoid becoming another angry, bitter woman (there are enough of those!); to discover how to keep showing up to their lives no matter how disillusioned or depressed they are; and to fight and win the toughest battle between themselves and their demons. HE’S GONE — YOU’RE BACK is complete with a daily self-love checklist, affirmations, recommended reading, an uplifting “You’re Back” playlist to get you dancing through your tears, and much more. Whether you’re stuck in the limbo of a painful relationship or struggling in solitude, this invaluable book will see you through. Because once there’s no turning back, the only way is forward.

Fields is a writer whose articles examine the arts along with social and cultural issues. Her work has appeared in The Amsterdam News, BELLE Magazine, Black Elegance, Black Noir, Black Issues Book Review, Caribbean Life, City and Suburban Styles, Impact, The Source, Spice!, Sisters In Style, The New York World, and NRG magazine.

Fields is also a photojournalist who has covered entertainment and corporate events for over a decade. Her keen, creative photographer’s eye has been utilized by The American Black Film Festival, ESSENCE Communications, The Studio Museum of Harlem, Film Life, Inc., The National Urban League, The Ron H. Brown Foundation, Uniworld Inc., GQ Media & Public Relations, Inc., Motorola, Lincoln and numerous others.

Her images have been published in national publications and appear in the Deborah Willis photography book, BLACK: A Celebration of a Culture (Hylas Publishing, 2004) and I GOT YOUR BACK: A Father and Son Keep It Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship by Eddie Levert, Sr. and Gerald Levert with Lyah Beth LeFlore (Harlem Moon, 2007).

Fields’ photographs have been exhibited at The African American Museum of Philadelphia, The Brooklyn Historical Society, Aurora Gallery and 40 Acres Art Gallery in Sacramento just to name a few. Fields is a founding member of the She Shootin’ Photography Collective.

An artist and philanthropist, Kerika Fields founded the A.R.R.C. Foundation (Ayofemi Richards Robert Conner Foundation) in 2002 after the untimely deaths of two young family members. The 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization is committed to enhancing the lives of underprivileged youth via scholarships, job/internship information, and access to the arts.