"A melodic safari through a valleys consciousness." - Andrew Davies, The Gallowbirds From Ponty to Africa, he makes places come alive with both humour and the senses." - Mike Jenkins "Dave Lewis brings together the personal and social in poems and prose set in pubs, fields and bedrooms. Carefully observed funny and sad accessible and illuminating: a must read collection of verse and prose." - John Evans Shared pain, shared laughter, and we are all as one, and all the richer for the experience. A Welsh writer who can move the reader from the local to global, from Merthyr to Monterey, and back again. "Dave Lewis’ second collection, Urban Birdsong, is a work of enormous range and scope both in terms of its form and subject matter. The epiphanic moment at the story's close is expertly done: the headlights of a passing car beam into the restaurant, and 'the people were lit up, momentarily, clear as diamonds Mohammed could see for the first time in his life'. ".the world of Onions is an enclosed one specifically, a valleys curry-house at a weekend, in which we witness the clash of several disparate cultures, all of which the writer powerfully evokes with the briefest of sketches. Welsh writer Dave Lewis has just published his new book – Urban Birdsong, a collection of short stories, prose, poetry and even one song! The book includes ‘Onions’ which bagged a runner-up spot in the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition this year and the following praise from Stevie Davies and Niall Griffiths:
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Other Discworld novels, is the story in this book has too many randomĮvents and they are distracting. In Jingo, Nobby was suddenly sharp and self-aware, effortlessly scoring points at Colons expense. What prevents me from liking this book as much as DAE feel that Jingo introduced a whole new Nobby In the pre-Jingo books, Nobby and Colon seemed more like a Laurel-and-Hardyesque duo, bumbling through life together and protected by luck and more capable fools. Masterfully wrapped these topics in a good and humorous story, inviting us to re-think our assumptions, then put ourselves in other people's shoes, this is the true value of Jingo as an important piece of literature. But are "we" always right and "them" always wrong? Also, are we really that different? Terry Pratchett This mentality is deeply rooted in a variety of human conflicts, from politics to culture, where we usually think "we" are always right and "them" are obviously wrong. It is in the human nature to slip into the "us" vs "them" mentality. Immigration and jingoism are thought-provoking. Did not enjoy Jingo as much as other Discworld novels,īut I still think it is a good book. Of all her clients, she had the closest and most long-standing relationship with Mary Todd Lincoln, devoting many of her days during Abraham Lincoln's administration to being available to her and the First Family in a myriad of ways. Mary Anne Randolph Custis Lee, wife of Robert E. Varina Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis, and Mrs. Through shrewd networking and hard work, she ended up making gowns and dresses for more notable wives such as Mrs. in the spring of 1860, where she had the country's most elite women of the time requesting her services. 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In these deeply transporting pages, Arthur Riley reflects on the stories of her grandmother and father, and how they revealed to her an embodied, dignity-affirming spirituality, not only in what they believed but in the act of living itself. So writes Cole Arthur Riley in her unforgettable book of stories and reflections on discovering the sacred in her skin. I believe that is what my father wanted for me and knew I would so desperately need: a tool for survival, the truth of my dignity named like a mercy new each morning.” “From the womb, we must repeat with regularity that to love ourselves is to survive. In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her family alongside contemplative reflections to discover the “necessary rituals” that connect us with our belonging, dignity, and liberation. 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