Author: June Jordan
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
"Best known as a political activist and an essayist, and hailed by Library Journal as "one of the most important poets today," Jordan has now written the libretto and the lyrics for an American opera. The music is composed by John Adams." "I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky mixes the drama of poetry and song to construct a brilliant earthquake/romance. In the context of the timeless issues of love, the opera, set in South Central Los Angeles, explores such contemporary questions as immigration, birth control, and criminal law. A white cop, a black Baptist minister, and an El Salvadoran mother are among the young Americans cast in this heartfelt portrayal of a day in the life of an LA neighborhood."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
I was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
Author: June Jordan
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
"Best known as a political activist and an essayist, and hailed by Library Journal as "one of the most important poets today," Jordan has now written the libretto and the lyrics for an American opera. The music is composed by John Adams." "I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky mixes the drama of poetry and song to construct a brilliant earthquake/romance. In the context of the timeless issues of love, the opera, set in South Central Los Angeles, explores such contemporary questions as immigration, birth control, and criminal law. A white cop, a black Baptist minister, and an El Salvadoran mother are among the young Americans cast in this heartfelt portrayal of a day in the life of an LA neighborhood."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
"Best known as a political activist and an essayist, and hailed by Library Journal as "one of the most important poets today," Jordan has now written the libretto and the lyrics for an American opera. The music is composed by John Adams." "I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky mixes the drama of poetry and song to construct a brilliant earthquake/romance. In the context of the timeless issues of love, the opera, set in South Central Los Angeles, explores such contemporary questions as immigration, birth control, and criminal law. A white cop, a black Baptist minister, and an El Salvadoran mother are among the young Americans cast in this heartfelt portrayal of a day in the life of an LA neighborhood."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Ceiling--
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Squares
Author: Mark C. Childs
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826330048
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This discussion of what makes public places appealing and useful will inspire those involved with public planning and design.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826330048
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This discussion of what makes public places appealing and useful will inspire those involved with public planning and design.
Making Walls and Ceilings
Author: Harold Donaldson Eberlein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ceilings
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ceilings
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Things that Fall from the Sky
Author: Kevin Brockmeier
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307429725
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Weaving together loss and anxiety with fantastic elements and literary sleight-of-hand, Kevin Brockmeier’s richly imagined Things That Fall from the Sky views the nagging realities of the world through a hopeful lens. In the deftly told “These Hands,” a man named Lewis recounts his time babysitting a young girl and his inconsolable sense of loss after she is wrenched away. In “Apples,” a boy comes to terms with the complex world of adults, his first pangs of love, and the bizarre death of his Bible coach. “The Jesus Stories” examines a people trying to accelerate the Second Coming by telling the story of Christ in every possible way. And in the O. Henry Award winning “The Ceiling,” a man’s marriage begins to disintegrate after the sky starts slowly descending. Achingly beautiful and deceptively simple, Things That Fall from the Sky defies gravity as one of the most original story collections seen in recent years.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307429725
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Weaving together loss and anxiety with fantastic elements and literary sleight-of-hand, Kevin Brockmeier’s richly imagined Things That Fall from the Sky views the nagging realities of the world through a hopeful lens. In the deftly told “These Hands,” a man named Lewis recounts his time babysitting a young girl and his inconsolable sense of loss after she is wrenched away. In “Apples,” a boy comes to terms with the complex world of adults, his first pangs of love, and the bizarre death of his Bible coach. “The Jesus Stories” examines a people trying to accelerate the Second Coming by telling the story of Christ in every possible way. And in the O. Henry Award winning “The Ceiling,” a man’s marriage begins to disintegrate after the sky starts slowly descending. Achingly beautiful and deceptively simple, Things That Fall from the Sky defies gravity as one of the most original story collections seen in recent years.
The Sky Is My Ceiling
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692884188
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The Sky Is My Ceiling: Biking China's Border is Yu Juanjuan's personal account of her bike journey around China's border from 1987 to 1989 and in the process changed Chinese women's history. It took her two years to travel over 40,000 kilometers, (25,000 miles) to complete this trip, the distance being equivalent to the circumference of the earth. Starting from Beijing with four team members, three dropped out early, leaving her with only one-team member. For the majority of the 22 month trip she faced most of the diverse challenges ? the demanding terrain, the reaction from natives of cities and villages she visited, the wildly fluctuating weather, the need for funding, and those arising from the fact that she was a young woman ? alone. Since then, nobody has been able to duplicate her feat, man or woman. The strength of this remarkable woman's story? a product of the intersection of Communist and modern China ? result in a compelling richly illustrated book documenting the enormity of her success. Richly illustrated with over 150 images.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692884188
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The Sky Is My Ceiling: Biking China's Border is Yu Juanjuan's personal account of her bike journey around China's border from 1987 to 1989 and in the process changed Chinese women's history. It took her two years to travel over 40,000 kilometers, (25,000 miles) to complete this trip, the distance being equivalent to the circumference of the earth. Starting from Beijing with four team members, three dropped out early, leaving her with only one-team member. For the majority of the 22 month trip she faced most of the diverse challenges ? the demanding terrain, the reaction from natives of cities and villages she visited, the wildly fluctuating weather, the need for funding, and those arising from the fact that she was a young woman ? alone. Since then, nobody has been able to duplicate her feat, man or woman. The strength of this remarkable woman's story? a product of the intersection of Communist and modern China ? result in a compelling richly illustrated book documenting the enormity of her success. Richly illustrated with over 150 images.
Architectvre, Mysticism and Myth
Author: William Richard Lethaby
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs.
Author: New York (State).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer
Author: Henry Coddington Meyer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The Century Dictionary: The Century dictionary
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description