Letters I Never Mailed

Author : Alec Wilder,David Demsey
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1580462081

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Letters I Never Mailed by Alec Wilder,David Demsey Pdf

Letters I Never Mailed: Clues to a Life, by Alec Wilder, in a new, annotated edition with introduction and supplementary material by David Demsey, foreword by jazz pianist Marian McPartland, and photographs by Louis Ouzer. Letters I Never Mailed: Clues to a Life, by Alec Wilder, in a new, annotated edition with introduction and supplementary material by David Demsey, foreword by jazz pianist Marian McPartland, and photographs by Louis Ouzer. Alec Wilder is a rare example of a composer who established a reputation both as a prolific composer of concertos, sonatas, and operas, and as a popular songwriter [including the hit "I'll Be Around"]. He was fearsomely articulate and had a wide and varied circle of friends ranging from Graham Greene to Frank Sinatra and Stan Getz. Letters I Never Mailed, hailed at its first publication [in 1975, by Little, Brown], tells the story of Wilder's musical and personal life through unsent "letters" addressed to various friends. In it, he shares his insights -- and sometimes salty opinions -- on composing, musical life, and the tension between art and commercialism. Thisnew, scholarly edition leaves Wilder's original text intact but decodes the mysteries of the original through an annotated index that identifies the letters' addressees, a biographical essay by David Demsey, and photographs by renowned photographer and lifelong friend of Wilder, Louis Ouzer. David Demsey is Professor of Music and coordinator of jazz studies at William Paterson University and an active jazz and classical saxophonist. He is co-author of Alec Wilder: A Bio-Bibliography [Greenwood Press] and has contributed to The Oxford Companion to Jazz.

Author : Ruth E. Van Reken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1555134602

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Letters Never Sent by Ruth E. Van Reken Pdf

Author : Joely Liriano
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1725106906

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Letters I Never Sent by Joely Liriano Pdf

Letters I Never Sent is a poetry book filled with original poems centered around the concept of unspoken words and conversations. With over 35 poems in this book, Liriano finds peace in delivering her experiences through a collection of poems that span her journey in adolescence. This book is delivered in three parts, mirroring the transition between acknowledgment, change, and acceptance.

Author : Sandra Moran
Publisher : Bink Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1939562104

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Letters Never Sent by Sandra Moran Pdf

Three women, united by love and kinship, struggle to conform to the social norms of the times in which they lived. In 1931, Katherine Henderson leaves behind her small town in Kansas and the marriage proposal of a local boy to live on her own and work at the Sears & Roebuck glove counter in Chicago. There she meets Annie--a bold, outspoken feminist who challenges Katherine's idea of who she thinks she is and what she thinks she wants in life. In 1997, Katherine's daughter, Joan, travels to Lawrence, Kansas, to clean out her estranged mother's house. Hidden away in an old suitcase, she finds a wooden box containing trinkets and a packet of sealed letters to a person identified only by a first initial. Joan reads the unsent letters and discovers a woman completely different from the aloof and unyielding mother of her youth-a woman who had loved deeply and lost that love to circumstances beyond her control. Now she just has to find the strength to use the healing power of empathy and forgiveness to live the life she's always wanted to live.

Author : Smriti Sharma Bhaskar
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781637146903

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Letters I Never Sent by Smriti Sharma Bhaskar Pdf

‘Letters I never sent: musings of a mother’ is a collection of poems that is a reflection of the author’s journey into motherhood. Introspective, honest and inclusive, each letter touches upon a different aspect of what a woman goes through as she learns how to become a mother. From dealing with the exhaustion that comes with numerous sleepless nights, post partem depression to deciding to go back to work, each letter addresses the emotion that a mother feels while discovering motherhood.

Author : Brian Francis
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780771038150

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Missed Connections by Brian Francis Pdf

An entertaining and moving memoir about coming out, looking inwards, and the search for connection, inspired by the responses to a personal ad. A Loan Stars Top 10 Pick of the Month and one of Daily Hive's 10 Essential LGBTQ2+ Books to Celebrate Pride. In 1992, Brian Francis placed a personal ad in a local newspaper. He was a twenty-one-year-old university student, still very much in the closet, and looking for love. He received twenty-five responses, but there were thirteen letters that went unanswered and spent years tucked away, forgotten, inside a cardboard box. Now, nearly thirty years later, and at a much different stage in his life, Brian has written replies to those letters. Using the letters as a springboard to reflect on all that has changed for him as a gay man over the past three decades, Brian's responses cover a range of topics, including body image, aging, desire, the price of secrecy, and the courage it takes to be unapologetically yourself. Missed Connections is an open-hearted, irreverent, often hilarious, and always bracingly honest examination of the pieces of our past we hold close -- and all that we lose along the way. It is also a profoundly affecting meditation on how Brian's generation, the queer people who emerged following the generation hit hardest by AIDS, were able to step out from the shadows and into the light. In an age when the promise of love is just a tap or swipe away, this extraordinary memoir reminds us that our yearning for connection and self-acceptance is timeless.

Author : Alanson B. Houghton
Publisher : Forward Movement
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Death
ISBN : 0880282630

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A Letter Never Sent by Alanson B. Houghton Pdf

A hope-filled compilation of prose and verse on death centered on the resurrection faith. Writing from personal and pastoral experience, Houghton lovingly unites Scripture passages and prayers to bring hope in times of grief to those who mourn.

Author : Emily Trunko
Publisher : Crown Books for Young Readers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780399557446

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Dear My Blank by Emily Trunko Pdf

From the popular Tumblr of the same name comes a collection of heart-warming, tear-jerking, and gut-wrenching anonymous letters that people never intended—or didn’t have the courage—to send. The Tumblr Dear My Blank—created by 16-year-old Emily Trunko and followed by over 35,000 people—is now a carefully curated gift book with more than 160 anonymous letters covering a range of topics from heartbreak, unrequited love, and loss, to inspiration, self-awareness, and gratitude. Featuring exclusive content not available on Tumblr, these unsent letters are addressed to secret crushes, lost loved ones, boyfriends, siblings, parents, grandparents, and many more. Art and design by Lisa Congdon enhance these messages, making the book a beautiful keepsake for all readers. "A visceral and voyeuristic offering that covers the spectrum from fleeting angst to gut-wrenching grief." —Kirkus Reviews "Stirring and soulful." —Booklist Praise for the Tumblr Dear My Blank “An addictive site full of strangers’ secrets.” —Cosmopolitan “A safe haven for hundreds of letters that will never be sent.” —Distractify “Tumblr’s newest obsession.” —Hello Giggles

Author : Harry S. Truman
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0826212581

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Strictly Personal and Confidential by Harry S. Truman Pdf

Harry S. Truman made plain speaking his trademark, and it was a common belief that "Give 'em hell" Harry spared few with his words. However, this fascinating collection of 140 amusing, angry, sarcastic, and controversial letters President Truman wrote but never mailed proves that conception wrong. Addressed to admirers and enemies alike, including Adlai Stevenson, Justice William Douglas, Dwight Eisenhower, Joe McCarthy, and Truman's wife, Bess, these intriguing letters cover such diverse subjects as the atomic bomb, running the country, and human greed.

Author : Ruth Ellen Van Reken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1904881483

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Letters Never Sent, a Global Nomad's Journey from Hurt to Healing by Ruth Ellen Van Reken Pdf

For more than twenty-five years, Ruth has traveled to over 45 countries sharing what she has learned while 'listening to life' about the often paradoxical nature of growing up globally. Here she shares some of her lessons.

Author : August J. Pettigrew
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1544995245

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The Letters That Were Never Sent by August J. Pettigrew Pdf

We all have people that we admire-whether they are family, friends, celebrities, world leaders, or historical figures. What would you say to the people who've influenced you, who've shaped who you are? August J. Pettigrew's new book full of inspirational letters to important figures in her own life encourages you to put pen to paper and tell them exactly what they mean to you! Pettigrew's collection includes letters to her mother and other women who've had an impact on her...as well as Miss Manners, the members of the US Armed Forces, Chief Justice Earl Warren, and even God. In short, she's long on the praise for a wide variety of people and groups who've made her the accomplished writer and retired public servant that she is today. And you can-and should-do the same thing if you have benefitted from the investment of time and energy others have put into you. So take up your pen-or your laptop!-and write a letter-or en e-mail!-to that person in your life who's made an impact. You'll be motivated and inspired by what thanking others can do for you!

Author : Ruth Ware
Publisher : Gallery/Scout Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501188787

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The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware Pdf

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A superb suspense writer…Brava, Ruth Ware. I daresay even Henry James would be impressed.” —Maureen Corrigan, author of So We Read On “This appropriately twisty Turn of the Screw update finds the Woman in Cabin 10 author in her most menacing mode, unfurling a shocking saga of murder and deception.” —Entertainment Weekly From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lying Game and The Death of Mrs. Westaway comes this thrilling novel that explores the dark side of technology. When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss—a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten—by the luxurious “smart” home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family. What she doesn’t know is that she’s stepping into a nightmare—one that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder. Writing to her lawyer from prison, she struggles to explain the events that led to her incarceration. It wasn’t just the constant surveillance from the home’s cameras, or the malfunctioning technology that woke the household with booming music, or turned the lights off at the worst possible time. It wasn’t just the girls, who turned out to be a far cry from the immaculately behaved model children she met at her interview. It wasn’t even the way she was left alone for weeks at a time, with no adults around apart from the enigmatic handyman. It was everything. She knows she’s made mistakes. She admits that she lied to obtain the post, and that her behavior toward the children wasn’t always ideal. She’s not innocent, by any means. But, she maintains, she’s not guilty—at least not of murder—but somebody is. Full of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Ware’s signature suspenseful style, The Turn of the Key is an unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.

Author : Ander Monson
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781555973384

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Letter to a Future Lover by Ander Monson Pdf

An exuberant, expansive cataloging of the intimate physical relationship between a reader and a book A way to leave a trace of us, who we were or wanted to be, what we read and could imagine, what we did and what we left for you. Readers of physical books leave traces: marginalia, slips of paper, fingerprints, highlighting, inscriptions. All books have histories, and libraries are not just collections of books and databases but a medium of long-distance communication with other writers and readers. Letter to a Future Lover collects several dozen brief pieces written in response to library ephemera—with "library" defined broadly, ranging from university institutions to friends' shelves, from a seed library to a KGB prison library—and addressed to readers past, present, and future. Through these witty, idiosyncratic essays, Ander Monson reflects on the human need to catalog, preserve, and annotate; the private and public pleasures of reading; the nature of libraries; and how the self can be formed through reading and writing.

Author : William Louis-Dreyfus
Publisher : Red Hen Press
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781597098328

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Letters Written and Not Sent by William Louis-Dreyfus Pdf

This culmination of a life of poetry, art, and social justice “has the freshness of an opening argument and the majesty of a man’s last words” (Molly Peacock, author of The Analyst). Like paperweights, his lyrics are both small and hefty. His subjects range from race relations to trees, from secrets to parenthood, from ideas of god to kissing, from sons and mothers to fate, and of course, to poetry itself. Never afraid of the big questions of why human beings are alive, and what hope and justice are for, Louis-Dreyfus could take decades to finish a poem. A perfectionist, a thinker, and always inspired by visual art, he fought with himself over how to say what he wanted to say best. Like the French-Uruguayan businessman poet Jules Supervielle, whom Louis-Dreyfus translated, he felt the tug of the financial world against the pull of the lyricism of poetry, and the division marked his life and sparked ideas for his finest poems. As the heart condition that seized him made it absolutely imperative, finishing Letters Written and Not Sent literally became a life-or-death matter. This is the book that he wished to send into the world. “There’s rock-bottom integrity, a dignified modesty, and a quizzical, persistent quest for meaning in this collection. It’s a final bequest to the living from an intensely generous man.” —Rosanna Warren, author of So Forth: Poems “The poems of William Louis-Dreyfus testify to an inner life of great richness, but one that freely slipped across the border of the self into the world beyond . . . a fine collection of his work, and it is good to have it at last.” —Charles Martin, author of Future Perfect

Author : David Philip Reiter
Publisher : Interactive Publications
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781876819040

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Letters We Never Sent by David Philip Reiter Pdf

In this collection, Reiter extends his experiments with "fusion poetry" to focus on Paul Gauguin, who spent years in Tahiti musing on the fate of artists, especially Vincent Van Gogh, with whom he'd had a stormy relationship at Arles, France.