The Blues Comes With Good News
The Blues Comes With Good News

Author: Sonny Hall

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2019-09-05

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1529383986

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Soul searching poetry for a new generation. Inspired by Diane di Prima, Rene Ricard, Henry Miller and others 'who tell it like it is', The Blues Comes with Good News is a collection of poems by prolific writer, Sonny Hall. The collection ranges from articulating addiction, self-destruction and identity, to romantic relationships, his journey to recovery and his unapologetic depiction of truth, through life and its happenings. At 18 years old Sonny entered a treatment centre for alcohol and drug addiction, after losing his biological mother - who he remained close to despite being adopted aged 4 - to a heroin overdose. Three months into his treatment, Hall started writing poems as a way of ordering 'all the madness' in his head. He has since written hundreds of poems, which all portray his newfound intimacy with life, figuring it out as he goes on, never failing to write sincerely about the sting of life, through a rare candour, explicit and seedy within the realms of his own indulgence. Illustrations by JACK LAVER

Brand-New Baby Blues
Brand-New Baby Blues

Author: Kathi Appelt

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-12-29

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0060532335

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The good ol' days are over. It's official, it's the news! With my brand-new baby brother came the brand-new baby blues! When a new baby wears her old pajamas, sleeps in her old bed, and seems to get all her parents' attention, a girl's bound to sing the blues. Is there anything a baby brother can do to change her tune?

Bluets
Bluets

Author: Maggie Nelson

Publisher: Wave Books

Published: 2009-10-01

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1933517646

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Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color . . . A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue. With Bluets, Maggie Nelson has entered the pantheon of brilliant lyric essayists. Maggie Nelson is the author of numerous books of poetry and nonfiction, including Something Bright, Then Holes (Soft Skull Press, 2007) and Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions (University of Iowa Press, 2007). She lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the California Institute of the Arts.

The Blues
The Blues

Author: Robert J. Carson

Publisher: Keokee Books

Published: 2018-11

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781879628540

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From the Blues to the Good News and Other Poems
From the Blues to the Good News and Other Poems

Author: Benjamin Robinson

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011-05-10

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1435723694

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From the Blues to the Good News takes the reader through multiple themes, from inspirational and educational rap lyrics, romantic and seasonal poetry, to avant-garde. The reader will be inspired, enlightened, experience the wonder of romance in the love poems and be pleasantly dazzled by the avant-garde poems.

Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues
Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues

Author: Diana Rowland

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-07-03

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 110159473X

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Horror meets humorous urban fantasy in second book of the White Trash Zombie series • Winner of the 2012 Best Urban Fantasy Protagonist by the RT Awards Angel Crawford is finally starting to get used to life as a brain-eating zombie, but her problems are far from over. Her felony record is coming back to haunt her, more zombie hunters are popping up, and she’s beginning to wonder if her hunky cop-boyfriend is involved with the zombie mafia. Yeah, that’s right—the zombie mafia. Throw in a secret lab and a lot of conspiracy, and Angel’s going to need all of her brainpower—and maybe a brain smoothie as well—in order to get through it without falling apart.

Stomping the Blues
Stomping the Blues

Author: Albert Murray

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published: 2017-10-17

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1452956154

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In this classic work of American music writing, renowned critic Albert Murray argues beautifully and authoritatively that “the blues as such are synonymous with low spirits. Not only is its express purpose to make people feel good, which is to say in high spirits, but in the process of doing so it is actually expected to generate a disposition that is both elegantly playful and heroic in its nonchalance.” In Stomping the Blues Murray explores its history, influences, development, and meaning as only he can. More than two hundred vintage photographs capture the ambiance Murray evokes in lyrical prose. Only the sounds are missing from this lyrical, sensual tribute to the blues.

All the Blues Come Through
All the Blues Come Through

Author: Metra Farrari

Publisher: Wise Ink Creative Publishing

Published: 2021-06-11

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1634894278

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With her smart and playful writing, debut author Metra Farrari cleverly blends chick-lit with a dash of Greek mythology—the product a winning combination of smart-alecky wit, dreamy escapism, and a quirky yet lovable heroine. Ryan Bell is your typical millennial: surviving on a diet of wine and Netflix, woefully single enough to qualify for cat-lady membership, and renting from a seventy-something Tinder-swiping landlord-turned-bestie. But underneath her chipped-off manicure lies a green thumb that has created miraculous flowers capable of saving mankind from cataclysmic climate change. There's one problem: Only Ryan can grow them. An unusual audience comes to an unorthodox conclusion: Ryan is the heir of the Greek god Artemis. Although Ryan thinks these strange, toga-wearing folks are one kalamata olive short of a Greek salad, she reluctantly enters a hidden world where the Olympians are real and magic flows freely (plus a generous serving of Greek hunks). Talk about one epic identity crisis. Magical demigod or not, the fate of civilization—both mortal and godly—now rests on Ryan's shoulders.

The Gospel According to the Blues
The Gospel According to the Blues

Author: Gary W. Burnett

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2014-10-27

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1620327252

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The Gospel According to the Blues dares us to read Jesus's Sermon on the Mount in conversation with Robert Johnson, Son House, and Muddy Waters. It suggests that thinking about the blues--the history, the artists, the songs--provides good stimulation for thinking about the Christian gospel. Both are about a world gone wrong, about injustice, about the human condition, and both are about hope for a better world. In this book, Gary Burnett probes both the gospel and the history of the blues as we find it in the Sermon on the Mount, to help us understand better the nature of the good news which Jesus preached, and its relevance and challenge to us. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }