Maryanne D. Brown Campbell, poet and playwright, and author of Serpentine Tongue, a book of 11 books of poetry, plays, collages and sketches, is an ambassador and activist for the upliftment of African American women through literature and the African American community. Her works encompass the concepts of black history, the perils of love, spirituality, sexuality, and so much more. Food for the Soul, is not just a comprehensive soul food cookbook, but it offers food for the black / African American woman's soul. In a society that undermines the beauty and intelligence, and perhaps the existence of black women, under the guise of Don Imas' quote, "nappy, headed ho's," as well as the portrayals of black women in rap and hip hop videos, to say the least, this book not only offers recipes, but statistics, articles, history and advice for black women in lieu of their relationships or lack thereof, stereotypes, emotional intelligence, and what black men both love and hate about black women, and vice versa, for black men; last but certainly not least, she offers poetry. She seeks to enlighten the spirits within all black women, and replenish what has been lost through each of their experiences -past and present, in order for their futures to be brighter. Her up and coming works include: Word Masturbation, the poet's guide to love, sex and relationships.

Serpentine Tongue is a composite of 11 of Maryanne D. Brown Campbell's earlier works, featuring poems, plays, collages and pencil sketches of her visions, and artistry. She presents the trials and tribulations, the life experiences, and notions of a young African-American woman in love, in pain, in anger and in question of life. She makes a heart wrenching and everlasting impression of what it is to be a woman and a minority in this account, which can serve as her diary. Each of her 11 books is inspired by and written for people with great significance in her life, as is outlined on her dedication page. This work consists of 8 books of poetry, 2 plays and a spoken word poem. The subject matter ranges from spirituality, the perils of love, sex, veneration and commemoration, abuse, humor, enigma, addiction, lesbianism, and beauty, to HIV, poverty, growth, slavery, relationships, and adversity and the list goes on. In this account the author isn't afraid to let the audience know who she is. This book is vital, real, raw and unapologetic. This book is recommended for a mature audience only, who'd like to enter, dissect, invade, and intrude the psyche of a woman. This account is recommended to those who'd like to be enriched, bewitched, offended, discovered and infected by a Nubian Princesses' angst and audacity to speak her mind. The author speaks to the African-American community, the feminist community, the hip-hop, spoken word, "don't give a fuck ," smoke so much doja, drank so much yak, bling-bling, and do my thang community, to the sista's sitting pretty and oh so sedity, to the brotha's on lock with no key, to all the Wannabe's (new tribe in AfreeCA), to the Anybody community. ThisBook is a testament to the testament "Word is born "