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OverviewIn Love, and all that jazz, Laurie Lewis again shines the clear light of memory on a time of glorious beginnings and hard consequences. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Laurie LewisPublisher: Porcupine's Quill Inc.,Canada Imprint: Porcupine's Quill Inc.,Canada Edition: First Dimensions: Width: 14.10cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.20cm Weight: 0.385kg ISBN: 9780889843615ISBN 10: 0889843619 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 01 June 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPART ONEConjuring IraMiss Brown to youThe sunny side of the streetAdmitting impedimentsSugar and spiceMiles aheadManhattan melodyOn the street of dreamsWhen you're smilingAnd Lassie comes on SundayFoolin' myselfAfternoon, with Henry AllenWishing on the moonA change in the weatherNothin' but the bluesManhattan lullabyPART TWOLittle girl blue'Doublenight, Singleday'The night we called it a dayAnd my sugar melted awaySaying yes / saying noLove it or leave itTipping pointSeeing is believingSummertimeThinking about changeBeginning to see the lightCome rain or come shineTaking a chance on loveImprovisationReviews... to describe the essence of Laurie's book, we need some adjectives--gripping, poignant, excruciatingly honest, heart-inspiring, heart-breaking, and courageous come to mind. We'd need to honor the colors and the moods of an era captured with Laurie's brush strokes ... In fact, her brushstrokes are breathtaking. Laurie Lewis carries the reader, as though on tangible breezes blowing into New York City apartments through small windows 60 years ago, into the heart of an era on the brink of something big--the compliance of the 1950s inundated by cultural groundswells and eddies of hipness and coolness. Oh, how she describes the anguish and drug culture for many of New York City's Jazz musicians ...'--Lise Goddard Author InformationLaurie Lewis is a Fellow of the Graphic Designers of Canada and is Editor Emeritus of Vista, the publication of the Seniors Association in Kingston, Ontario, and director of Artful Codger Press. Laurie began her career in publishing with Doubleday in New York in 1961. She returned to Canada in 1963 to join University of Toronto Press, where she worked in production and design of UTP publications, becoming Head of Design at U of T Press. During her thirty years in publishing, she also taught book design in Guyana, the Philippines and at Ryerson University in Toronto. She moved to Kingston, Ontario in 1991, where she founded Artful Codger Press. Her written work has been featured on CBC and has been published around and about, including Contemporary Verse 2, Queen's Feminist Review and Kingston Poets' Gallery.A chapter from an early draft of her first book Little Comrades was shortlisted for the 2007 CBC Literary Awards in Creative Non-Fiction. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |