Fighting Through My Writing

Fighting through My Writing is a bevy of poems, haikus, and short stories used to convey the emotions that Ronald is feeling at the time. Ronald, an amateur boxer, uses boxing and writing as a way to combat his daily struggles to manage anxiety and depression. Each literary synopsis represents a sensitive topic that Manning wishes transmit to the reader. Manning will touch upon an array of issues regarding love, depression, family illnesses, African American empowerment, and fighting between his existential being, his emotional idiom, and his inner negativity.