About
Quincy L. Lewis, most often known as Q, is a 32 year – old writer/entrepreneur from Detroit, MI. Q realized his writing talent during his second year of college where he was invited by the journalism department adviser to join the school newspaper. Many deadlines, two internships, a degree from Wayne State University and five years of freelance work later, Q offers his wit and knowledge to readers in his new book – .
FLIPSIDE-INK.com is a website that features the FLIPSIDE blog. FLIPSIDE is an opinion column that elaborates on societal, economical, and political issues from an Urban-American point-of- view.
Description
<p>A mythical jewel of a story… A true story told on a beach in Yucatan, A Shadow tells Stephanie's story but it was also the story of the golden time. Its nostalgia sings like cicadas in the heat.</p><p>An American ‘Under Milkwood’, this distilled novel of the Sixties evokes the sounds, music and optimism on the free-wheelin streets and parks of Coconut Grove. You can hear Bob Dylan still strumming acoustic; smoke a joint with Fred Neil; and Everybody’s Talkin is carried on the wind.</p><p>Stephanie, a young hairdresser living in lodgings finds herself pregnant. Refused help from her hard Catholic mother in New York, unable to abort her baby, she accepts the kindness of Miriam, her Jewish landlady, whose own barren life spills into compassionate assistance for the daughter she never had.</p><p>The poignancy of its ending, its generosity and acceptance, echoes the bitter disappointment of those of us who hoped for so much more, but who remember its joy, and its promise, as though untarnished by time.</p>
Story Behind The Book
The poetry is influenced by early Harlem Renaissance writers such as Gwendolyn Brooks and Langston Hughes. The social criticism is a receptive summation of the world from an urban American perspective.
Reviews
<span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:normal;font-size:small;">A thoughtful collection. I especially appreciated the wide-ranging social commentary, which discusses many of the important issues of our time in an honest and insightful voice. Can't wait to see what this writer does next! - Cindy Bily</span>
