Elbows & Knees: Essays & Plays

by Allen Frost

Overview

A collection of writing about some of my favorite subjects, from B-movies to Brautigan. My interest in writing essays began against all odds in college, with an essay on Chaucer and Willie Mays. These essays will take the reader into unexpected worlds of poetry, poverty row pictures, revolutionaries, reincarnation, beauty and beasts. A carnival ride for all readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781644674659
Publisher:	good deed rain
Publication date:	11/23/2018
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

This is Allen Frost's 29th published book. He is also the editor of Good Deed Rain books, which celebrates the poetry and art of the Pacific Northwest

Madison Dowling is an art studio major at Western Washington University.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The W. Lee Wilder from Space

Trees in the Asylum Garden

Open the Windows, Open the Doors

Entering the Water and Escaping: From Houdini to the Hoodoo Sea

Visions of Raven: Jack Kerouac and Film Noir

Chan & Callahan

A Certain Strange Memory

The Jimbaroo

Haunting Birds

Robert Huff in Bellingham

Little Italy

Speaking of Richard Brautigan

Editorial Reviews

_{These essays will take the reader into unexpected worlds: B-movie plots, American dreams, poverty and poetry, outer space, invisibility, theremin, ping pong balls, Vincent Van Gogh, walking trees, hollow earth, revolution, d.a. levy, 7 Flowers, Buddha, beatniks, underground, Allen Ginsberg, Houdini, Bogart, reincarnation, beauty and beasts, The Bermuda Triangle, Jack Kerouac, Poe, Veronica Lake, Charlie Chan, Jayne Mansfield, Swaziland, bird migration, Charlie Chaplin, World War Two, W.C. Fields, Robert Huff, Emily Dickinson, loss and legacy, Super-8, spaghetti, Japan, Richard Brautigan. A paperback left out in the rain. A carnival ride collection for everyone.}

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