Friday, March 25, 2005
Memoirs Abound, According to the New York Times
Everyone has a life, and therefore a story that should be told and, if possible, published.
Okay, so I quoted selectively from the article. Sue me!
A few months ago, Barricade published songwriter Jack Lawrence's memoir, THEY ALL SANG MY SONGS, about Jack's long and brilliant career writing timeless music and lyrics, including the songs "Beyond the Sea" and "Tenderly." I guess that would fall into the showbiz memoir category (Jack's songs were sung by showbiz greats like Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Rosemary Clooney, and Nat King Cole, and have appeared in dozens of major films).
Our upcoming memoir, I FOLLOWED MY HEART TO JERUSALEM (September 2005), by Jewish-American Yale Roe, on the other hand, seems to belong in the spiritual journey/spirit-of-place/ethnic-identity category somewhat hazily described by NYT critic Grimes.
Yep, "some memoirs defy categorization."
- Jen Itskevich
Okay, so I quoted selectively from the article. Sue me!
A few months ago, Barricade published songwriter Jack Lawrence's memoir, THEY ALL SANG MY SONGS, about Jack's long and brilliant career writing timeless music and lyrics, including the songs "Beyond the Sea" and "Tenderly." I guess that would fall into the showbiz memoir category (Jack's songs were sung by showbiz greats like Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Rosemary Clooney, and Nat King Cole, and have appeared in dozens of major films).
Our upcoming memoir, I FOLLOWED MY HEART TO JERUSALEM (September 2005), by Jewish-American Yale Roe, on the other hand, seems to belong in the spiritual journey/spirit-of-place/ethnic-identity category somewhat hazily described by NYT critic Grimes.
Yep, "some memoirs defy categorization."
- Jen Itskevich
# posted by Barricade Books Inc. @ 2:07 PM 
