A GEE'S BEND QUILTER NOW FIRST SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR FROM THIS RURAL COMMUNITY IN THE HEART OF THE BLACK BELT REGION OF WILCOX COUNTY.TINNIE A FORMER ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE GEE'S BEND QUILT COLLECTIVE SHARES HER POEMS,TIDBITS AND STORIES OF GROWING UP AND THE LIFESTYLE OF BEING A BENDER. THE HARSH LIVING EXPERIENCED BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN AS TOLD FROM A SURVIVOR.