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ROCK MY SOUL IBD

STEPHEN G METZGER
STANSBURY PUBLISHING
06 / 2023
9781935807711
Inglés

Sinopsis

On June 28, 2015, retired California State University, Chico librarian Jim Dwyer was found unconscious on the floor of the menâÇÖs room in a mini-mart outside Sacramento, apparently on his way home from the Bay Area opening night of the Grateful DeadâÇÖs Fare Thee Well tour. He died that evening in a nearby hospital.áA nationally recognized literary scholar, Jim had dubbed his alter ego the Rev. Junkyard Moondog, reading beat-like poetry at open mics, joining local bands on stage, marching for peace and justice, working to save endangered species, and generally raising his freak flag high.A year after JimâÇÖs death, his friend and colleague Steve Metzger bought JimâÇÖs tiny run-down cottage from JimâÇÖs brother Billy, whose only condition was that Metzger not remove JimâÇÖs giant peace sign-fashioned of yellow and white freeway-lane divider dots-from the sloping street-facing roof of the house. Metzger, adjusting to recent personal changes of his own, set about restoring the cottage. He eventually christened it the Blue Peace House.Part biography, part memoir, Rock My Soul: A PoetâÇÖs Heart, a Brokedown Palace, and a Final Fare-Thee-Well examines JimâÇÖs complicated life, drawing on extensive interviews with JimâÇÖs neighbors, friends and colleagues. The book also highlights turning points in MetzgerâÇÖs 40-year freelance writing career, along the way offering a look at Chico history, including the filming of The Adventures of Robin Hood, Woody GuthrieâÇÖs little-known summer in Chico, the WWII Chico Army Air Field, and the beginnings of the Chico Peace and Justice Center.Facebook posts from JimâÇÖs/MoondogâÇÖs friends after they learn of his death shed further light on the life of this eccentric scholar/artist.

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