Barcelona Diary: English / Catala 1st American Edition - Tapa blanda

A large (178 'Entries') collection of bilingual (English/Catalan) poems & prose poems written over a period of two years in Barcelona, Spain. A myriad of voices are employed to explore its days & nights, its streets & back-streets. This is a collage of dreams, fiestas, visions & exhibitions. It is unique in its range, design & stature."

Born, Chicago, Illinois. No siblings. Raised on the southeast side near Lake Michigan & Jackson Park. Attended multi-ethnic, multi-cultural Hyde Park High School. Early memories include summers in the small lakeside town of Glenn, Michigan, swimming alone, growing apart from the family, Herbie Mann at the Stage Lounge, The Jazz Messengers at The Crown Propeller on Sixty-Third, Miles Davis at the Southerland Hotel, John Coltrane at McKee's on Cottage Grove, Billie Holiday at The Blue Note in 'the loop' . . . Attended The University of Illinois-Urbana & The University of Chicago. Began writing poems. Married Judith. Founded CHOICE Magazine with Aaron Siskind & John Logan. Attended Roosevelt University (completed Bachelor of Arts Degree twenty-five years after leaving college in the sixties). Son, Jason, born. Worked many years as a bartender & restaurant manager. Divorced. Moved to California. San Francisco - eighteen years. Published Stiletto & By Dawn's Early Light at 120 Miles Per Hour. Father dies. Moved to San Diego to care for mother. Married Ellen. Published It's Mother's Day. Moved again to Barcelona, Spain. Published Barcelona Diary. Returned to US. Widowed. Scattered mother's ashes in 2002. Now living, once again, in Barcelona, Spain with several months each year in San Diego. Teach some, write & travel wherever & whenever possible. 2006: The Man With His Back To The Room published May this year.