"She could see to the horizon to where the Brooklyn and Manhattanbridges formed necklaces.” So writes Susan Margulies Kalish in The Cerebral Jukebox, her first collection of poetry. With an astute eye for thetelling detail, she evokes her childhood in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.Stuyvesant Town, a middle-class housing development of a hundredlook-alike buildings, became her mid-city haven during the baby boomthat followed World War II.Her favorite jukebox hits of the Fifties filter through free verse vignettes,recalling a time of innocence, while the songs of the Sixties echo theturbulence of her coming of age in a time of great change. In succeedingsections she celebrates family, travel, and historical connection, bringingthe book’s jukebox journey full circle.Complete with the author’s illustrations that eloquently weave togetherfamily and neighborhood photographs throughout, The Cerebral Jukeboxshares unforgettable recollections from one woman’s life as she maturesfrom childhood to adulthood in the greatest city in the world."
"She could see to the horizon to where the Brooklyn and Manhattanbridges formed necklaces.” So writes Susan Margulies Kalish in The Cerebral Jukebox, her first collection of poetry. With an astute eye for thetelling detail, she evokes her childhood in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.Stuyvesant Town, a middle-class housing development of a hundredlook-alike buildings, became her mid-city haven during the baby boomthat followed World War II.Her favorite jukebox hits of the Fifties filter through free verse vignettes,recalling a time of innocence, while the songs of the Sixties echo theturbulence of her coming of age in a time of great change. In succeedingsections she celebrates family, travel, and historical connection, bringingthe book’s jukebox journey full circle.Complete with the author’s illustrations that eloquently weave togetherfamily and neighborhood photographs throughout, The Cerebral Jukeboxshares unforgettable recollections from one woman’s life as she maturesfrom childhood to adulthood in the greatest city in the world."
This work traces the history of the jukebox from its origins in the invention of the phonograph by Thomas Alva Edison in the 1880s up to its relative modern obscurity. The jukebox's first twenty...
The Lady in the Jukebox was written as an autobiography and first performed as a musical play based on actual characters and events. The first premier took place November 11, 1999, at the...
Life is a Jukebox is an emotional roller coaster of experiences. The author is very candid about the details of growing up on the south side of Columbus, Ohio and the circumstances that led him into...
This is a comprehensive guide to the unique genre of the jukebox musical, delving into its history to explain why these musicals have quickly become beloved for multiple generations of theatergoers...
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