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Three Journals
Three Journals chronicles reflections from one mind in three disparate locations at three different times: Europe and Morocco, 1974-75; the East Village of Manhattan, 1977-1978; and Mexico, 1985. Three Journals sustains a tone throughout that is an appreciation of basic dailiness and confirms a process rare in books these days – thought and then energizing thought by expressing it in enlivened language. While on the surface it chronicles wanderings through Europe, Mexico and domestic adventures from Manhattan's East Village, really what's occuring is a lively and discerning examination from three locales at three stages of adulthood.
184 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2017
About the author
Greg Masters
12 books19 followersGreg Masters was born in Passaic, NJ and has lived in the East Village of Manhattan for the past 50 years. In addition to his art writing for various publications, he was an editor of the Poetry Project Newsletter; was co-editor of Mag City, a poetry magazine. He is the author of 11 books from Crony Books (www.cronybooks.net).
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April 2, 2017
Reviewed by Arya Fomonyuy for Readers' Favorite
Three Journals by Greg Masters is a masterpiece in the area of journaling, a great work featuring powerful journal entries. No, readers are not offered gripping plots they’d find in thrillers, but the kind of writing that transports them and forces them to look at life through some historic moments in three different locations and times, reflections from a mind with a rare sense of acuity. Readers get a feel of what it was like in Morocco and Europe from 1974-1975; they are thrown into a completely different reality in the East Village of Manhattan from 1977-1978, and finally to the excitement of Mexico in 1985. This is a book that captures the soul and the spirit of the periods it covers with vivid clarity and one cannot help falling in love with the setting, the historical references, the cultural and social commentaries, and the very life throbbing within the narration.
I was pulled in by the author's unique turn of phrase from the very opening of this journal: “Though London is only one day in the past, it is history already. I am three-and-a-half weeks into the trip and all that time, until yesterday, was spent in London.” The reader gets introduced to a thinker, a wanderer, and a critic of his own time. There is a thread, though fragile, that links the author to life and the reader to the work; it is the jovial tone, the liveliness, the spark of joy that is hidden in the disquieting moments of the narrative. The author captures reality in its minutest detail without coming across as boring. Three Journals by Greg Masters presents the musings, the adventures, and the low and high moments of someone who feeds his consciousness by capturing the reality within his milieu in powerful and seductive prose.
Three Journals by Greg Masters is a masterpiece in the area of journaling, a great work featuring powerful journal entries. No, readers are not offered gripping plots they’d find in thrillers, but the kind of writing that transports them and forces them to look at life through some historic moments in three different locations and times, reflections from a mind with a rare sense of acuity. Readers get a feel of what it was like in Morocco and Europe from 1974-1975; they are thrown into a completely different reality in the East Village of Manhattan from 1977-1978, and finally to the excitement of Mexico in 1985. This is a book that captures the soul and the spirit of the periods it covers with vivid clarity and one cannot help falling in love with the setting, the historical references, the cultural and social commentaries, and the very life throbbing within the narration.
I was pulled in by the author's unique turn of phrase from the very opening of this journal: “Though London is only one day in the past, it is history already. I am three-and-a-half weeks into the trip and all that time, until yesterday, was spent in London.” The reader gets introduced to a thinker, a wanderer, and a critic of his own time. There is a thread, though fragile, that links the author to life and the reader to the work; it is the jovial tone, the liveliness, the spark of joy that is hidden in the disquieting moments of the narrative. The author captures reality in its minutest detail without coming across as boring. Three Journals by Greg Masters presents the musings, the adventures, and the low and high moments of someone who feeds his consciousness by capturing the reality within his milieu in powerful and seductive prose.
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