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Lytle, Ellen 'windy'

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935520636 ISBN 13: 9781935520634

Publisher: NYQ Books, 2013

Synopsis

Poetry. These poems are uniquely about everyday life: getting up in the morning, sitting in the kitchen with pets, buying buttons and meeting a salesman, politics, polio, christmas, about time lost, love and beautiful children. The author, growing up in family with polio, living through 2 divorces and the sudden death of a husband, weaves us a story of a single mom brought 'home' through curiosity and the observation of the quirkiness of life anywhere around her: in Queens, Long Island, Switzerland, Vermont and New York City—that same quirkiness we all share. These poems will resonate with us all.

About this title

About the Author:

ellen (aug) 'windy' lytle was raised in Flushing, Queens, and on Long Island in a 'God fearing,' Polio challenged, family. She eloped, quit school at sixteen, had two children by 18 and a third five years later. She has been published in many books, reviews, and journals as well as on-line. lytle was a newspaper editor and a downtown arts reporter from 1989-1994, and even a fashion model for five minutes. She currently teaches creative writing at Bronx Community College and public libraries on Staten Island, and lives in NYC w/musician mike lytle, her dog, goode, and cat, chance.

About this edition

• Publisher: NYQ Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1935520636
• ISBN 13: 9781935520634
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172