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Blue Moon over Thurman Street

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There's something about the cover of this book that seems uninspiring, but once you get past the cover, its a treasure.

Ursula K Le Guin, a professional writer, lived on Thurman Street, Portland, OR, for more than 30 years. Later meeting another Portland resident, photographer Roger Dorband, they decide to chronicle life on Thurman street which stretches the city width. With Roger doing candid photographs in lovely BW of the various Thurman Street neighborhoods, Ursula supplements the photographs by writing poems for each photograph, but then later shifting to transcribing quotes and stories heard off the street. To answer questions about specific scenes, there's an index in the back that provides detailed background for most photographs. The entire collaborative project took 7 years

Its very entertaining and easy to read. At the end of this creative book, one is left hungry and wanting more. If you like street photography, poetry and/or sociological studies, it works on any of those levels. Would make a great present to oneself or those you love. I've loaned my copy out several times to relatives and fellow amateur photographers.