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Books and BooksHere you will find books written by J. Glenn Evans and his alter ego, Jack R. Evans, and a few others. The listing includes both poetry and non-poetry books. Support independent bookstores in your area. FICTION
Broker Jim by J. Glenn Evans Book Review Mark Twain, Joyce Cary and Kingsley Amis wrote novels full of comic goodwill and characters who wrestle with their own individual morals amid those of society. Jim Bradley, the protagonist of Broker Jim, navigates with his own moral compass the world of women, money and the stock market. The combination of dead-serious innocence and eccentric humor in the author's unique voice makes this novel a hilarious romp that is unforgettable. Kingsley Amis once said that the "mode of speech" is the writer's most powerful card for drawing strong characters in a novel. That being said, Evans's good ear for dialogue and his ability to create memorable characters owe much to his writing of poetry. Evans tells the story of Broker Jim against the backdrop of America as a nation in transition—from the sexual mores of post-World War II America to the greed of the 1980s. Evans's narrative brims with the authenticity that comes from more than twenty years as a stockbroker and investment banker. He writes the story in the first person so we share Jim's interior world in which an earnest young man struggles to make it in the world of buying and selling dreams. Jim makes some dumb decisions, but you root for him anyway. In and out of one crisis after another, he still lands on his feet. Although he doesn't have a golden parachute to weather the storms, he does have the ubiquitous Seattle umbrella to get him through the rainy days. Unlike those guys at Enron or Worldcom with their golden parachutes, Broker Jim has only an umbrella. This lusty, but very innocent, ambitious young man tries to make it on the square. Faced with temptations and setbacks that would shatter most people with his jaw-breaker encounters with life; Broker Jim may not be perfect, but you are right there with him through all the stumbles and temptations of both sex and money. You know what he’s thinking but never the outcome until it happens. Readers of the book say it’s the author’s voice and the character of the guy that makes this book funny, sexy and suspenseful. You share the ride with Broker Jim as he slugs his way through a corrupt world. 1stBooks Library: ISBN 0-7596-8209-7 Softbound, 6x9, 272 pp, $15.95 A good read from start to finish. From his roots in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to his ascension in a large brokerage house, Jim Bradley is an unlikely hero. With his own moral compass, Jim tries to navigate his personal odyssey through a variety of temptations, including women, money, and fortune. A stable of memorable characters, including Winona Flowerbell, Tidler, Saul, his dubious friend, and hard-boiled bosses, all test Jim’s resolution. As we drift through the Southwest and finally the Northwest, Jim’s journey is leavened by Evans’s humor, a good ear for dialogue and laced with colorful vernacular reminiscent of Mark Twain. Broker Jim is the “Lucky Jim” of American finance. Jim’s true entrepreneurial spirit leads him to the end of a rainbow even he could never have anticipated. A remarkable achievement! Broker Jim’s decisions always seem to take him to the brink but we root for him all the way. A funny, sexy narrative about a stockbroker, this is a story that flows from beginning to end. Rich in humor, colorful dialogue and an unforgettable group of characters, it brims with authenticity. The author’s seriocomic voice makes it a fun book to read. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Originally from Wewoka, Oklahoma, a graduate of East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, with a major in business. He also attended Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma and Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, California. While in college, he worked in an Oregon lumber mill. Evans has lived in Seattle since 1960. A Seattle Chamber of Commerce brochure sold him on the idea that Seattle was a great place to live. He is a member of Seattle Free Lances, Washington Poets Association, Academy of American Poets, Seattle Writers Association, PEN, the Association of King County Historical Organizations, and Pacific Northwest Historians Guild. He has written two books of poetry and, under the name, Jack R. Evans, several local histories, two biographies, and a book on old Sweden. He is poetry editor and publisher of PoetsWest. A poet activist, he received the Washington Poets Association’s 1999 Faith Beamer Cooke Award in recognition of service to the poetry community of Washington State. Broker Jim is his first novel.
It is a deadly game of cat and mouse for Deacon Davenport, “fishmonger emeritus” and self-appointed protector of Seattle's Pike Place Market. He falls in love with the young Dahlia Swartz, when he rescues her after she is thrown out of a Lamborghini. As this mystery unfolds, the author presents a surrealistic world of flying fish, brass pigs, stoic fortune-tellers, and street zombies. This fast-paced and witty first novel was a finalist in the 1994 Southern Writers Association Writing Contest. SCW Publications: 213 pp. Hardcover: ISBN 1-877-882-19-4; $24.95 or Paperback: ISBN 1-877-882-18-6; $11.95 Click here for Order Form. Fiction recommended for reading. These epic stories by Ursula Zilinsky are page-turners and well written. The endings will blow you away! Middle Ground by Ursula Zilinsky The Long Afternoon by Ursula Zilinsky A Happy English Child by Ursula Zilinsky Before The Glory Ended by Ursula Zilinsky POETRY
Some “plain talking” on commerce, daily life, humor, lost love, mining, nature, philosophy, and people is a good solid read. Click on Poetry Reviews to see what others have said about J. Glenn Evans’ poetry. Selections from the book are also available on CD. Click here for more on the CD. SCW Publications: ISBN 1-877882-20-8 Softbound, 194 pp.; $11.95. The CD is $15.00 postpaid in the United States. Save $6.95 and order both the CD and book at the bargain price of $20.00 postpaid in the United States.
SCW Publications: ISBN 1-877882-21-6, Softbound, 27 pp.; $5.00 Poets Table Anthology : A Collection of Poetry by Northwest Poets
“Small collections of verse that paint some mental image, often haunting. What made it interesting was the collection of different voices represented, and the different styles, the physical structures employed, and the use of refrains, almost lyrical in some cases.” (Larry David of Huntington Station, New York wrote to Pieter Zilinsky after reading the Poets Table Anthology in Paris.) SCW Publications: ISBN 1-877882-27-5, Softbound, 86 pp.; $9.95 PoetsWestback issues are available for $3 each + $2 shipping and handling per lot. Vol. I, No. 1, Spring 1998 - SOLD OUT. Vol. I, No. 2, Summer 1998 - Poetry by Pamela Moore Dionne, J. Glenn Evans, Paul Gillie, Connie Hutchison, Kevin Miller, Jess Mills, Bonita Olson, Judith Skillman, M. Anne Sweet, Jeremy Voigt, Pieter Zilinsky, and Matt Zook. Vol. I, No. 3, Fall 1998 - SOLD OUT. Vol. I, No. 4, Winter 1998 - SOLD OUT. Vol. II, No. 1, Spring 1999 - SOLD OUT. Vol. II, No. 2, Summer 1999 - SOLD OUT. Vol. II, No. 3, Fall 1999 - Poetry by Mineko Akishige, Elizabeth Austen, Paul Brase, Larry Crist, Mike Dillon, J. Glenn Evans, Bruce Fleming, Jessamay Howell, Kara L.C. Jones, Michael Magee, Carlos Martinez, Iskandar Soekardi, and Leonard Tews. Vol. II, No. 4, Winter 1999 - Poetry by Steph Anne Best, Eric Browning-Larsen, John Burgess, Susan J. Erickson, J. Glenn Evans, Steven Garmanian, Elizabeth Gray, Connie Hutchison, Tammy Kaiser, Jean Musser, Cathy Ruiz, and Joan Swift. Vol. III, No. 1, Spring 2000 - SOLD OUT Vol. III, No. 2, Summer 2000 - SOLD OUT Vol. III, No. 3, Fall 2000 - SOLD OUT Vol. III, No. 4, Winter 2000 - Poetry by Rodney Williams, Nancy Abercrombie, Kathleen Baginski, Michael Barre, John Burgess, Phyllis Collier, Larry Crist, Danika Dinsmore, J. Glenn Evans, Cindy Williams Gutiérrez, Thomas Hubbard, Kim Kelsey, Erynn Rowan Laurie, Michael Louella, Jean Musser, Leonard Tews, David Thornbrugh, Connie Walle, Linda Weaver-Fox. Vol. IV, No. 1, Spring 2001 - SOLD OUT Vol. IV, No. 2, Summer 2001 - Poetry by Mike Dillon, Martin Blackman, Frieda Cramer, Larry Crist, Pat Duggan, J. Glenn Evans, Harvey Goldner, Casey Jepson, Valdez Ladd, Lauren Valk Lawson, Cathy Ruiz, Florence Sage, Victory Lee Schouten, Judith Skillman, Peter Suruda, M. Anne Sweet, Rod Tipton, and Koon Woon. Vol. IV, No. 3, Fall 2001 - Poetry by Sarah Singer, Judith Adams, Peter Bernstein, Lane Chisholm, Olivia Diamond, James Dott, Arthur Ginsberg, Donald Kentop, Priscilla Long, Ruth Osato, Cameron Prow, Madelle Quiring, Sherry Reniker, Mark Rubin, Lena Schreier, Christine Swanberg, and Pieter Zilinsky. Vol. IV, No. 4, Winter 2001 - Poetry by Jean Musser, Joshua Coberly, Robert Bevan Dalton, J. Glenn Evans, Dean Granholm, Karen Havnaer, Lorraine Healy, Donna Lathrop, Amy Racely, David Thornbrugh, and Daniel Williams, and others. Vol. V., No. 1, Spring 2002 - Poetry by Shannon Borg-Randolph, John Burgess, J. Glenn Evans, Julie T. Gerrard, Sheri A. Harper, Glenn (Chip) Hughes, Michael Magee, Marjiann Moss, Victory Lee Schouten, Dorothy J. Williams, Pieter Zilinsky, and others. Vol. V., No. 2, Summer 2002 - SOLD OUT. Vol. V., No. 3, Fall 2002 - Poetry by Nancy Dahlberg, Peter Bloch Garcia, Kim Hamilton, Patricia Hamrick, Jared Leising, Linda Malnack, Leonard Orr, Glenn Reed, Victory Lee Schouten, Daniel Williams, and Pieter Zilinsky, and others. Vol. V., No. 4, Winter 2002 - Poetry by Jim Lutz, John Akins, John Burgess, Katherine Cameron, Dennis Caswell, Connie Dallas, J. Glenn Evans, Julie Gerrard, John William Kulm, Jess Mills, Cathy Ross, and others. HISTORY
Pike Place Market is an institution loved with the same passion by the hometown folks in Seattle as San Franciscans do their cable cars. This book tells the story of this world-famous market from its beginnings in 1907 up to the present and includes the history of farm products. The easy-to-read, fact-filled book covers the rebellions by local farmers, the history of the Japanese and the market, the many craftspeople, flying fish merchants, and the characters who sometimes provide as much color as does the gorgeous produce. The Market, its buildings, hotels, and alleys together make up a rich and vibrant historic area, but it was the farmers, merchants, and other folks who helped to create this bastion of free enterprise. Starbucks started here as did other companies, like Tradewells and Mannings cafeterias. SCW Publications: ISBN 1-877882-04-6 Softbound, 81 pp., 35 historical photographs; $6.95 About the author: When J. Glenn Evans isn’t writing poetry, he writes regional histories under his real name, Jack R. Evans. A long-time student of history and biography, he is currently working on histories of three local communities: Federal Way, Auburn and Ballard; and recently finished a novel based on more than twenty years experience as a stockbroker and investment banker (See above) and two biographies. Originally from Oklahoma, Evans has lived in Seattle since 1960.
The heritage of old Sweden has contributed immensely to the molding of the contemporary Swedish citizen and the character of the nation. Beginning with the Vikings and Sweden's early trading contacts with the ancients, Rome and Egypt, the history includes the rebel heroes, Engelbrekt and Dacke, who became legends in the hearts of common folk. A nation’s history is made not only by kings and warriors, but also by poets, writers, artists, scientists, and inventors. This book vividly describes the advent of repression, religions, fire, pain and suffering that contributed to molding the Swede of today. SCW Publications: ISBN 1-877882-05-4 Softbound, 159 pp., historical photographs;
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One of Washington state’s earliest pioneers, Levant F. Thompson was the youngest territorial legislator and the oldest state senator. Much of his story is told in the pioneer's own words. Coming across the Oregon Trail in 1853, he describes the junkyard that stretched for miles littered with abandoned treasures. Levant Thompson, in his autobiography dated 1893, looked back at forty-three years of adventures and ventures, from the perils of everyday life on the trail, of being stranded in the desert and almost perishing, his days of Indian fighting, and operating his sawmill. SCW Publications: ISBN 1-877882-06-2 Softbound, 49 pp., historical photographs; $6.95
The Bothells founded and first platted the town in 1889. The history covers the early pioneers, loggers, lumbermen, merchants, and historians. The Bothell bankers knew how to handle bank robbers. Many Bothell firsts are listed and early tall tales are revealed. SCW Publications: ISBN 1-877-881-00-3 Softbound, 44 pp., 23 historical
photographs; $3.95 Little History of Gig Harbor Washington by Jack R. Evans OUT OF PRINT BUT USED COPIES MAY BE AVAILABLE. Little History of North Bend - Snoqualmie by Jack R. Evans OUT OF PRINT BUT USED COPIES MAY BE AVAILABLE. Little History of Renton Washington by Jack R. Evans OUT OF PRINT BUT USED COPIES MAY BE AVAILABLE. BIOGRAPHY
Richard Thorp’s first introduction to big money came when he was about five years old and accompanied his grandfather to see his banker in downtown Yakima. At the outbreak of World War II, Thorp’s family moved to Bremerton where the budding entrepreneur honed his skills as a paperboy, altar boy, fund-raiser at school, football player, and pilot. Richard Thorp knew to get where the bucks were. Always the adventurer, he took risks to start and develop more than thirty companies, including EDMARK, the educational software company before it was acquired by IBM. Thorp’s ancestors were men like Major John C. Thorp, who led a group of pioneers over the Oregon Trail, and Fielden M. Thorp, who in the mid-nineteenth century was the first white man to settle in eastern Washington. SCW Publications ISBN 1-877882-25-9, Softbound, 141 pp.; $14.95 Return to PoetsWest Home Page |
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Glenn Evans can spin a good story from his more than twenty years as stockbroker-investment banker, with ten of those years as president of his own firm. He also operated a mining company in Idaho (a second novel?) and co-produced a cowboy Christmas film featuring Slim Pickens.
The Dahlia Connection by Michael Dovell
Window in the Sky by J. Glenn Evans
Seattle Poems by J. Glenn Evans
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diverse collection includes poems by Nancy Dahlberg, Pat Duggan, J. Glenn Evans, Murray Gordon, Michael Magee, Carol Shaw, Laura Snyder, Leonard Tews, Rodney Williams, and Pieter Zilinsky. These poems, generated by Poets Table, a poets’ round table of writers, are about love and loss, work and the natural world, art and politics. The coverpiece comes from a painting by Northwest artist Richard Gilkey, entitled Table for Poems. Its muted bronze and gold carries the sense that here is substantial work. A book lies open and the table seems to be flowering and growing before our eyes.”
(Remarks by Michael Magee)
Little History of Pike Place Market by Jack R. Evans
Swedes
Whence They Came by Jack R. Evans
Levant F. Thompson: Hop King, Banker, Senator by Jack R. Evans
Little
History of Bothell Washington by Jack R. Evans
Chasing
His Dream: Life of Entrepreneur Richard Shannon Thorp by Jack R. Evans