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    Jack Perry and the Light Crust Doughboys

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    In order to avoid a 1948 ban on non-union musicians, Burrus Mill developed a version of the Light Crust Doughboys composed entirely of union musicians, pictured here, for the sole purpose of recording albums. Back Row, from left to right, is Al ''Sleepy'' Wesar, Jack ''Curly'' Wright, Fred ''Ezra'' Casares, and Red ''Knocky'' Gillam. Front Row, from left to right, is Dick ''Junior'' Dyson, Jim ''Jack Perry'' Jeffreys, and Paul ''Bashful'' Blount.Date obtained from the history of the music group. Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=HLZyxZk1BiUC&pg=PA88 Recto: [imprinted] Jack Perry and the Light Crust Doughboys. Back Row, left to right: Sleepy, Curly, Ezra, Knocky. Front row: Junior, Jack Perry and Bashful

    A Conversation about Aliens, AIs and Jack Benny

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    Presented on March 14, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the Crosland Tower, 7th floor reading room.Jack McDevitt is a former English teacher, naval officer, Philadelphia taxi driver, customs officer and motivational trainer. His work has been on the final ballot for the Nebula Awards for 12 of the past 13 years, and he holds 16 nominations in total. His first novel, The Hercules Text, was published in the celebrated Ace Specials series and won the Philip K. Dick Special Award. In 1991, McDevitt won the first $10,000 UPC International Prize for his novella, "Ships in the Night." The Engines of God was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and his novella, "Time Travelers Never Die," was nominated for both the Hugo and the Nebula awards.Runtime: 60:59 minutesThe Georgia Tech Library is proud to host Nebula Award-winning author Jack McDevitt in the Seventh Floor Reading Room Thursday, March 14 for “A Conversation about Aliens, AIs and Jack Benny with Sci-Fi Author Jack McDevitt

    Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1902-1907

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    In this second volume of Author Under Sail Jay Williams investigates the life of Jack London as a professional writer at the turn of the 1900s, as his publications spanned The Call of the Wild to The Iron Heel and The Road. While documenting key life events, especially his rising fame, this biography explores London's necessity to illustrate the inner workings of his own vast imagination through his socialist essays and fiction.Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Howl, O Heav'nly Muse! -- 2. Jesus in the Theater of Socialism -- 3. Jack London's Place in American Literature -- 4. Theater of War, Theater at Home -- 5. Revolution, Evolution, and the Scene of Writing -- 6. The Jack London Show Goes on the Road -- 7. Red Atavisms and Revolution -- 8. Earthquake Apocalypse and Building the City, Boat, and House Beautiful -- 9. The Future of Socialism and the Death of the Individual -- 10. The Road Never Ends -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexIn this second volume of Author Under Sail Jay Williams investigates the life of Jack London as a professional writer at the turn of the 1900s, as his publications spanned The Call of the Wild to The Iron Heel and The Road. While documenting key life events, especially his rising fame, this biography explores London's necessity to illustrate the inner workings of his own vast imagination through his socialist essays and fiction.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries

    Douglas Avant Perry, Jr. oral history interview, 2013

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    Douglas Avant Perry, Jr. oral history interview conducted by Kevin Kosanovich on January 16, 2013. Doug Perry is the longtime station manager of WNSB, Hot 91.1 FM Norfolk, at Norfolk State University. Topics include: WRAP; Bishop Willis and black radio; Daddy Jack Combs; WOWI and 103 Jamz; Regan Henry; Chester Benton; DJ Heartattack; H.J. Ellison; DJ Mister B; WNSB history; DJ Jack of Spade; DJ Bad Joe; mixing and blending records; Go-Go; Gospel Groan; Teddy Riley; venues and clubs

    Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902

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    In Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries

    Jack Perry and the Light Crust Doughboys

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    Jack Perry and the Light Crust Doughboys in a group, with their instruments. Band members are identified on the photograph. The Doughboys were a fiddle group advertising Burrus Mills flour products

    Stephanie Mathson interviews poet and author Jack Ridl

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    Poet and author Jack Ridl explains how he began writing, the writer series at Hope College, his coach poems, his chapbook "Against elegies," how working and living in Michigan shapes his work, and works in progress. Ridl is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series

    Jack W. Perry

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    Boy Scout Jack Jones on Register Rock, Mount Rainier, August 6, 1933

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    Written on front: Rainier Summit. Aug 6 '33 Troop 65. Written on original mounting card: Jack Jones 65 on Register Rock Mount Rainier - party of 13. 1933. Photo by Perry Baker. Account of climb written on verso. PH Coll 1408.25

    Poet and author Jack Ridl reads his selected works at the Michigan Writers Series

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    Poet and author Jack Ridl reads his selected poems. The event is convened by Peter Berg, head of Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the Main Library
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