Los Angeles - Author Donna Earl is back with her third book
BaLink available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble! If you have already read some of her previous work "WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES " and "EYES WIDE OPEN" you will be excited to revisit some of those characters in her latest work.
AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON AMAZON
https://www.amazon.com/BaLink-Donna-Earl/d... BaLink is a gritty, voice-driven urban epic told through the razor-sharp narration of William “BaLink” Blake, a man who measures time in memories, neighborhood, and songs. He fights to survive poverty, violence, addiction and betrayal as the city he loves transforms around him and a degenerative eye disease slowly steals his sight, forcing him to reckon with the life he built and the family he fractures.
BaLink is a story about black urban life rarely softened for comfort; it's about masculinity, generational trauma, cultural
memory, and the cost of surviving long enough to understand yourself.
ABOUT AUTHOR DONNA EARL
Born on January 5th in Chester, Pa to Anna Mae and Jake Earl Sr. Donna Earl is the youngest of seven children, three boys and three girls. Upon graduating from Chester High School, she continued her education at Morgan State University, studying Business Administration and Marketing. She continued her education at Kaplan University, majoring in Accounting.
As the author of When I Close My Eyes and Eyes Wide Open,she served as co writer of The Chameleon Judge under the surname of The Soap Opera Diva. Her next novel entitled BaLink, a now defunct DJ, is completed and will published in 2026.
Donna now resides in Washington, D.C, enjoying life as a DC " Hand Dancer" and a Washington D,C "Stepper."
An avid reader. she was inspired by the novel "If Beale Street Could Talk and Novelist Terri McMillan, Steven King, Walter Mosley and many others.
"I never knew I could do this until I did it. Once the pen and the paper met, they have taken me on a journey with so many twists and turns...I have enjoyed for where they have taken me.
Posted By: Tanisha Grant
Tuesday, February 24th 2026 at 7:12PM
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