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Prairie View A&M University alumna Toni "Toniwo" Womack recently visited her alma mater to promote her new book That's What you get for Running With Scissors.

A two-day book signing was held in the Amistad Bookstore in conjunction with the Homecoming events.

The signing also featured Erica Perry, author of A Lesson or a Blessing, and Shanedria Ridley who wrote Adventures of a Capital B.

"They are very powerful and dynamic women, I love how they are able to relate to women of all ages," said Denise Armstrong, manager of Amistad Bookstore.

"That's What you get for Running With Scissors" explores the choices and consequences that women often endure in their love lives.

"The book is interesting and well done," Armstrong said. "College students dealing with relationships, of all kinds, can enjoy and get something from the book."

"I would often talk with my girlfriends and hear what was going on inside their relationships with the men in their lives," Womack said describing the root of the idea for the book.

Womack is a spoken word performer who has just began to explore her writing skills.

When Womack found herself unable to contain her feelings in just a couple of poetic verses, she turned her spoken words into short stories and eventually to her now top-selling novel to share her stories.

After transferring from a predominantly white school to Prairie View A&M University, Womack developed a love for Prairie View.

"Where else can you go walking down the street and someone just hands you a turkey leg," Womack said. "I love Prairie View so much. Here everyone treats you like family."

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