Lovesong of the Electric Bear
Lovesong of the Electric Bear

Author: Snoo Wilson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-05-05

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 1474255310

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Nothing is stronger than this love, for I am nothing indeed without you, Master Awoken from his deathbed by his favourite childhood teddy bear, Turing is led by the hand through the journey of his life, from glowing academia to New York drag bars, from triumph to disgrace. Snoo Wilson's Lovesong of the Electric Bear is an epic, psychedelic and electrifying trip through the life of Alan Turing, the computer visionary and maths genius whose gifts made him the code-breaking hero of World War II, but whose homosexuality led him to betrayal and vilification by the very establishment who had depended on him for victory. Lovesong of the Electric Bear is a wonderfully imaginative, comic and moving play from one of British theatre's great voices. The edition publishes to coincide with the European premiere at the Hope Theatre, London, on 24 February 2015.

Lovesong for the Bad Priestess
Lovesong for the Bad Priestess

Author: Steven Kedrowski

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2005-03

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 0595347711

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Lovesong for the Bad Priestess, the debut novel by Steven Kedrowski, deals with teenage girls who worship satan, books that inspire people to murder, religious fanatics who worship a porn star, and apocalyptic hysteria in 1999. It's dirty, blasphemous, perverted, and funny. Praise for Steven Kedrowski's short fiction: "Closer" "A fine, sparkling piece of writing." --T.C. Boyle, author of The Road to Wellville "zxcvbnm.com" "This is so smart and funny..." --Aimee Bender, author of The Girl in the Flammable Skirt

Once in a Great City
Once in a Great City

Author: David Maraniss

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 147674839X

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Explores everything that made Detroit great--from the auto industry visionaries to influential labor leaders to the hit-makers of Motown--while demonstrating how there were hints of the citys tragic collapse decades before the riot, years of civic corruption, and neglect took their toll.

Identity Lessons
Identity Lessons

Author: Maria Mazziotti Gillan

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1999-02-01

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1101144173

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In stories and poems that explore how our society shapes us, Identity Lessons features a wide array of ethnic perspectives on growing up in America. Leading the reader into the living-rooms, boardrooms, classrooms, and movie houses of America, distinguished writers from all points of the American ethnic landscape shed light on the space between conformity and difference, and examine the struggle between the need to belong and the pull of one's cultural roots. With insight, wit, and poignancy, the contributors to this anthology recall their attempts to reconcile family from the old country with the powerful messages about race, gender and class confronting them in their new surroundings. A collection of superb and moving writing, Identity Lessons deconstructs conceptions of personal and national identity, and forms an indispensable primer for understanding our cultural selves.

Uncertain Heaven
Uncertain Heaven

Author: Jude Davison

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-01-29

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0244363900

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From first picking up a guitar, to writing songs and discovering a connection to the universal source of creativity, Uncertain Heaven is a rock 'n roll memoir that tells the story of one man's creative path, a journey that becomes inextricably intertwined with a search for the meaning of our existence and mankind's relationship with God. A story of record deals, songs heard by billions on syndicated television shows, the highs and lows of an indifferent music industry, the painful reality of playing 'music-by-the-yard' and the sheer joy of putting your finger up into the ethos and downloading a song - just like Keith Richards. After years of following the muse wherever she leads, an existential crisis leads the author to peel back the mysteries of life itself, follow what surely seems meant to be, only to find himself standing on the precipice at his own potential demise.

So This is Permanence
So This is Permanence

Author: Ian Curtis

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2015-02-24

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1452146500

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A treasure trove of personal writings by the great post-punk singer-songwriter—with a foreword by his wife Deborah and an introduction by Jon Savage. So This Is Permanence presents the lyrics and personal notebooks of one of the most enigmatic and influential music artists of the late twentieth century, Joy Division’s Ian Curtis. The fact of the band’s relatively few releases belies the power and enduring fascination its music holds, especially in light of Curtis’s tragic suicide in 1980 on the eve of the band’s first American tour. This volume features Curtis’s never-before-seen handwritten lyrics, accompanied by earlier drafts and previously unpublished pages from his notebooks that shed fascinating light on his writing and creative process. Also included are an insightful and moving foreword by Curtis’s widow Deborah, a substantial introduction by writer Jon Savage, and an appendix featuring books from Curtis’s library and a selection of fanzine interviews, letters, and other ephemera from his estate.