Writers in this collection of fiction and poetry have probed various phases of Jimi Hendrix's life and career as well as his impact on people real and imagined. Writers spread geographically across the US and all over England, with a few from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and France have attempted to come to grips with just what it is about the man, the myth, the music. Featuring work by: Matt Agosta, Sherman Alexie, Brian Ames, Mark Ari, Bruce Bauman, Robert Bixby, Robert Cooperman, Barbara DeCesare, Matthew Dillon, Kevin Downs, Richard Flynn, Jessica Hagedorn, Reuben Jackson, George Kalamaras, L. A. Lantz, Nathaniel Mackey, Graham Masterton, Nancy Mercado, Steve Messner, Martin Millar, Matthew L. Moffett, Rick Moody, Michael Moorcock, Rebecca Motil, David Nicholson, James Norcliffe, Erik Orsenna, Gerry Gomez Pearlberg, W.T. Pfefferle, Meredith Pond, Doug Rice, Tim Seibles, Lewis Shiner, Rozanne Gooding Silverwood, John Sinclair, Michael Spann, Chris Stevens, D. E. Steward, Darrell D. Stover, Sara-Jayne Townsend, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Michael Ventura, Walter Williams, and more.
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Richard Peabody, a prolific poet, fiction writer and editor, is an experienced teacher and important activist in the Washington , D.C. community of letters. He is the founder and co-editor of Gargoyle magazine and editor (or co-editor) of fourteen anthologies including Mondo Barbie, Conversations with Gore Vidal, A Different Beat: Writings by Women of the Beat Generation, Alice Redux and Grace and Gravity: Fiction by Washington Area Women. He is the author of the novella Sugar Mountain, two short story collections, and six poetry collections including Last of the Red Hot Magnetos and I'm in Love with the Morton Salt Girl. He is currently working on Electric Grace: Still More Fiction by Washington Area Women (forthcoming fall 2007). Peabody holds a B.A. from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in Literature from American University. He has taught at the University of Virginia, Georgetown University, The Writer's Center, and at Hopkins, where he has been presented the Faculty Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement. Peabody lives and works in the Washington, D.C. area. You can find out more about him at Wikipedia.com.
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This is a great book. The different rhythms and voices throughout solidify an image of this iconic rocker that's at once gritty and intimate.
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I'm assembling this tribute and celebration of Jimi Hen-drix-the man, his music, and his impact-in Washington, D.C., the city that busted him for jaywalking! God help us, I'm trying to ease my city's shame. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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I'm assembling this tribute and celebration of Jimi Hen-drix-the man, his music, and his impact-in Washington, D.C., the city that busted him for jaywalking! God help us, I'm trying to ease my city's shame. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ham gravy, vacuum salesman, voodoo chile, voodoo child, upright vacuum, duh duh duh, sales act, steak fries, afro wig, purple haze Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Strange, Blue Booty, Renfro Cutlass, Clifton Earl, Chester Tantamin, Aunt Sol, Velvet Warthog, Electric Ladyland, Are You Experienced, Sadie Belle, Abigail Cutlass, John Drummond, John Pierre, Miles Davis, Noel Redding, Hey Joe, Mitch Mitchell, Officer Traverner, Venbreeze Sucking Systems, Band of Gypsys, Chuck Berry, Eric Burdon, Red House, Rolling Stone, Billy the Kid New!
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