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The exploration of the Canadian and Alaskan frontier still calls to the wonder of men's souls. Poet and novelist Christy explores the history of the building of the great Alcan highway through his personal experiences and the stories of residents and pioneers who came before him.

Heart of the World, is a perfect example of the well written memoir in poetry form worthy of any poetry lovers attention. Jim Christy, a true road scholar, is the master of biographical hyperbole. The stories he tells of the people he meets, on the journeys he has taken, woven through his peripatetic life are astonishingly well written. Every word is true except for those that are not. This book, Heart of the World, deserves your applause Jim ...

The poetry in Marimba Forever is concerned with love and longing, which the author displays in all their multifarious guises. Many of the poems can be regarded as small films: nourish, action, farce or slapstick, others call music to mind: a tenor saxophone improvising on a standard melody in the wee small hours just as the milk man is getting up and rubbing sleep from his eyes, a roadhouse honky-tonk hell-raiser, six gypsies with accordions a...

COCKEYED: askew, crooked, intoxicated, absurd, marked by bends or angles, incongruous, not straight. In other words, Jim Christy, Canada's most iconoclastic and irreverent poet, views this cockeyed world the way it is, not only with 20/20 but X-ray vision and often through laughter and tears.

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La biografia di un autore cult, la vita e le immagini del più famoso scrittore underground in lingua inglese. Il caso e il fenomeno Charles Bukowski: il ragazzo battuto dal padre, bevitore già a tredici anni, il duro ribelle sfregiato dall'acne, l'impiegato delle Poste, l'uomo dai mille lavori, il modesto factotum che ha conosciuto le esperienze più sordide e gli ambienti più malfamati per poi diventare un miliardario, è ormai un'autentica leg...

Jim Christy's newest collection of short stories, "Bad Day for Ralphie", published by Hidden Brook Press, is sometimes idiosyncratic and quirky, often funky and strange but always poignant and emotionally provocative. Even though they often have a funny twist they are none the less moving and will appeal to just about everyone. Jim Christy has been described as a master story teller. This collection proves the point. It is a must read for anyo...

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