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From Chokeberry Road, where it all began, he delves into the trials and tribulations of growing up in the 60's and 70's. His neighbors and friends from school take center stage and give his short stories dimension and humanity. His neighborhood is our neighborhood. His America is our America. When All Was Well in Wellwood speaks to the baby boomer generation that grew up in a special time when civility was the cornerstone of suburban life. But his retrospective should also serve as a promise of hope to communities across the country, that the best way forward begins with a generosity of spirit and openness to the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51043826336017,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51043829580049,"sku":"NIN9781647197407","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1647197406.jpg?v=1750799817"},{"product_id":"convoluted-whispers-book-larry-levy-9781634923996","title":"Convoluted Whispers","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this debut volume, Larry Levy explores what keeps him up at night: fear, the loss of youth, and insignificance. His methodology is that of a psychoanalyst and sculptor. He chips away with unsettling but honest critiques of self and others, then adds form and shape to his introspective and external observations. His 'whispers' are those of the anxious and depressed, struggling to find meaning and relevance in a fickle and unforgiving world. Through stories and recollections of the past, he reveals his own coming of age with humor and raw sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51157166588177,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51157169013009,"sku":"NGR9781634923996","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1634923995.jpg?v=1751342847"},{"product_id":"all-the-dead-are-holy-book-larry-levy-9781945603464","title":"All the Dead Are Holy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this collection, not only are all the dead holy, but all the living as well, including the one-legged veteran, the toddler with doll and comb. There are echoes of those who perished in the Holocaust and those still laboring to make a life in the modern American landscape. In Levy's tightly crafted poems, we glimpse what is both familiar and human: teachers, immigrant brides, a lost father's shirts and ties, the sidekick brother, the dying mother. The message is clear and powerful: You must remember.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e -- John Jeffire, author of \u003cem\u003eMotown Burning\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShoveling Snow in a Snowstorm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLarry Levy is the best kind of writer. His poems--with their honesty and intimacy--invite you in, ask you to sit at the table, and listen to the stories you need to hear about the past that is never past, the wars that will not end, and the people who continue to love even though they are gone. Hearing his stories, you begin to wake to your own stories, your own losses and loves, and finally you want to take his hand and thank him for what he has given you.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e -- John Guzlowski, author of \u003cem\u003eEchoes of Tattered Tongues\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLarry Levy has been digging deep, adding concreteness and insight to themes he chose as his own in \u003cem\u003eI Would Stay Forever If I Could\u003c\/em\u003e. In this gathering of new work, he explores his Jewish and Midwestern heritage, the strains and joys of teaching and of being a student, the resilience and vulnerability of childhood, and the ever-presence of evil in the world, from the Holocaust to our own time. Unsurprising is increased attention to the experience of aging. These poems exemplify compassion and emotional accuracy through an observing eye and craftsmanship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e -- John Palen, author of \u003cem\u003eSmall Economies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDistant Music\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52401109532945,"sku":"NLS9781945603464","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53084147089681,"sku":"NIN9781945603464","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781945603464.jpg?v=1758753640"},{"product_id":"blessed-arrangement-book-larry-levy-9781636495316","title":"Blessed Arrangement","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first section of Larry Levy's fine fourth collection of poems powerfully addresses our current political reality, expressing empathy for migrant children and other victims while attacking the callous hypocrisy of some of our leaders. Further poems evoke the complex but mostly loving world of clearly seen individuals-a Zapotecan, a wizardly old cook, an exchange student, Levy's own immigrant ancestors-as well as two mischievous cats and sundry other precisely rendered animals. Overall, these poems, using rhyming forms with skill and grace, show a wide-ranging intelligence looking perceptively at everything from childhood to old age, and much of the life in between. Readers will want to enter and savor this wholly inviting book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Skip Renker, author of Bearing the Cast \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA longtime reader and admirer of Larry Levy's poetry, I'm so very taken with this new collection. In past poems, there were hints of the political, hints of a way to look at the world. Let them see it subtly, through a veil, Levy seemed to say. Now, especially in the poems of the first section, This is Our Street. And You're Not Us, Levy pulls off the veil. Pulls off the gloves. Listen now, these poems say. I'm going to say it plain. I don't write this lightly when I say these are poems for our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Jeff Vande Zande, author of The Neighborhood Division\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarry Levy's poetry has always been deeply spiritual, and in this new collection he navigates the physical, moral, and political elements of our lives on our spinning stone. The echoes of the Holocaust serve as subtle reminders of the fractured time we now live in and push us to examine our own beliefs, actions, and leaders. The realization that we are purposely being divided into Takers, Voting Cheats, Women, Blacks, Immigrants calls on us to question our fractious divisions and too-often convenient understanding of each other that leave us Lost boys and girls \/ at a loss for words. In these poems, the world is traveled, from Europe to Mexico to the familiar terrain of Michigan, as well as past and present, as lessons are gleaned from the ball diamonds of youth, a beloved family cat, and personal histories. In the end, Levy's poems remind us of one over-riding truth: You must survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-John Jeffire, author of Motown Burning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading Larry Levy's poems, I feel like I'm listening to my best friend telling me what's on his mind. Whether he's writing about the struggles of his ancestors when they came to this country or the current political situation or the death of his pet cat, Larry is always there in his words, telling me what has to be told in language that is crisp and honest and moving. 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