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"The germs of this book began in 1977, when I visited friends in London. As a child, IÕd been told I had a speech impediment, but I vehemently refused voice lessons. Then, in a London pub, talking with a friend from the Lancashire/Yorkshire border, it was almost as if I fitted in at last. Without realizing it, IÕd probably inherited aspects of my grandmotherÕs accent. And IÕd never missed her as much as I did at that moment. That was when I began planning a trip to Leeds, where my grandmother was born and spent her childhood. I knew I had to write about it, and began a series of poems as the journey took shape. Once there, I copied from books and records IÕd found in the Leeds library. I began writing down what people said. What I hadnÕt expected was that, as I later tried to shape the materials, I would find other peoplesÕ words more powerful than my own. Poem? Journal? Memoir? Found text? Think of OlsonÕs Maximus or Paul MetcalfÕs writings." Rochelle Ratner
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Leads: A Journal
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very good. illus.; 128 p., 23 cm. Very good (+) copy with fine pages; gently worn edges to wraps; else excellent copy; pages are bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight. Seller Inventory # 84083