Florence Wetzel: 5 books

I see in this book her ability to tell in a concise manner the many life-adventures she entered into. From the Foreword by Beat poet Herschel Silverman Elvis in the Morning is a collection of poetry and memoir tales by fiction writer and jazz journalist Florence Wetzel. The collection takes...

I have a very personal feeling about this book. It touches me and grants me the privilege of access to its romantic heroines inner life as she arrives at a post-Woodstock womanhood in Hoboken, no less. -Bob Fass, WBAI-FM Its Hoboken, New Jersey, 1987. The Bongos are breaking up, the Maxwell...

When jazz journalist Virginia Farrell interviews reclusive singer Betty Brown, Betty shows Virginia priceless tapes from the legendary 1957 Thelonious MonkJohn Coltrane gig at the Five Spot. Betty asks Virginia to get the tapes to their rightful owners, and Virginia promises to help. When Betty...

Mrs. Papadakis and Aspasia: Two novels, two sides of Greek village life. "This is the story of how my marriage almost broke up, but it is also a story of goats and fish soup and hippies and a woman named Zambeea, not to mention a mystical vision involving a yellow brocade chair."...

Its pure pleasure to enter the mind and heart of Holy Denvers soulful, sympathetic protagonist, Elizabeth Zwelland. Throughout this unique storyin which the author skillfully blends the economic downturn, Beat poetics, and the Columbine High School shootingI wanted to hug Elizabeth, have coffee with...