Memorias


CORNBREAD AND BUTTERMILK
Growing up over yonder in Abbeville, South Carolina, in the way back when days, swapping, telling and revisiting stories has pretty much been a way of life for those of us hankering to tell and listen. Nostalgia is just another fancy name for fond memories. I've served up a heaping plateful in Part I and spooned on a second helping in Part II, my foster parenting recipe. Bless your hearts, kick off your shoes, pour you a glass of sweet tea and enjoy some good ole fashion home spun fun. Believe me; you can't make this stuff up.

MISSIONARY KID
This story delves into the mind and heart of a little girl who lived in two different worlds - one, of her white-skinned privileged American missionary parents, and the other, of the brownskinned Indian people in whose country they worked and into which she was born. The missionary lifestyle and the work of her parents are described through the eyes of the author, who spent all but 3 years of her childhood in India. Tropical illnesses, a treacherous ocean voyage, and long separations from her parents were some of the things which this daughter of missionaries survived. Living in America for three years during WWII opened up yet another world for this young girl - a world filled with wonderment and excitement, a world where her relatives lived and the place where many happy memories were created. But once back in India, America became a distant memory, a place she would not return to until she was sixteen years old. For seven intervening years she was sent away to yet another world - boarding school. It was here that she explored more than just books. Take a journey into all the different worlds of this extraordinary childhood!

COOKIE – MEMOIRS OF JOAN COOK
Joan Cook was born and raised in a large family in north-central Ohio. She moved to Illinois when she entered the convent at age 17. After 25 years she left her life as a nun and moved to Colorado. She is retired now and lives in the metro Denver area, where she enjoys "her mountains" as much as she did when she moved there 40 years ago.

I’M NOT AN ACTOR (I JUST PLAY ONE ON TV)
This is the part of the story of my life. But there is more to it than that. I mean, like, there's things about me as a kid and as a teen and as twenty-year old. And since this description has to be at least 200 characters I just have to keep typing until I can stop. Like now.

PAPAYA SALAD
Papaya Salad es la primera novela gráfica de la ilustradora ítalo-tailandesa Elisa Macellari y es la historia verdadera de su tío Sompong, que desde Tailandia viajó a Europa en vísperas de la Segunda Guerra mundial. Un hombre tranquilo pero decidido, que quería buscar su sitio en el mundo. La voz del protagonista es firme y serena, como la voz de quien es consciente de estar viviendo un momento crucial de la Historia y, sin renunciar a leer la realidad desde su sensibilidad y su cultura, consigue alcanzar su destino. Elisa Macellari, tras muchos años de experiencia como ilustradora, con un estilo en el que se funden los dos mundos culturalmente distantes que constituyen sus raíces, nos regala una historia épica, una promesa solemne susurrada al oído.

DE UN MUNDO QUE YA NO ESTÁ
Maravillosa evocación de su infancia en el shtetl de Lentshin, cerca de Varsovia, De un mundo que ya no está narra las peripecias de Singer en una comunidad fuertemente marcada por la doctrina y las ceremonias religiosas, y poblada por fascinantes personajes a los que el genial autor dota de vida en este emotivo ejercicio de memoria. Escrito por uno de los grandes maestros de la literatura yiddish, este libro constituye un testimonio de gran valor histórico, además de un auténtico réquiem por las comunidades judías de la Polonia de principios del siglo xx.

KEEP THIS QUIET!
"Hunter often said Harrell was the best copy editor he'd ever worked with" (William McKeen, "Outlaw Journalist"). But what was the rest of the story? "Keep This Quiet" captures the fear and loathing, charm and romance of Hunter in the late Sixties - along with tales of two other underground authors. Included are genuine, funny letters he sent Margaret during and after the publication of "Hell's Angels." Also, priceless reminiscences of some of Hunter's oldest friends: William Kennedy, David Pierce, Rosalie Sorrels, and editor Jim Silberman - covered in no other account. Featured in addition are "poète maudit" Jan Mensaert and Greenwich Village "poet genius" Milton Klonsky. Also, Hunter's sidekick Oscar Acosta.

LO QUE NO SE OLVIDA
Hay momentos que nunca se olvidan. Todas las palabras que visten estas páginas son para decir que deseo tatuar en un papel las emociones de mi vida y poder acariciarlas. Y sí, anhelo seguir dibujando ilusiones más allá de estas letras? Mientras, abrazo cada una de ellas para dar sentido a mi historia. Lo que no se olvida, lo que perdura, lo que atrapa. Estos escritos son algunas de mis vivencias. Las he narrado con el objetivo de compartirlas. No sé si son enigmáticas, o épicas, o románticas? Pero son mías, y tú, querido lector, formas parte de Lo que no se olvida.

A LA SOMBRA DE CERVANTES
No me pagues con la rabia de tus ojos, no me grites con el ruido de tus labios, no me prendas tu indiferencia en la solapa... Firmado, la poesía