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Thomas Leverett


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Short Stories

Most recent stories (these may be compiled soon):

Pile of leaves (2008)
Freedom of speech (2008)
The sun sets on the western horizon (2008)
Lion's tale (2008)
Freshly Doug (2008)
Big mac and fries (2008)
Audience
Check your mirrors (2007)
The old home place (2007)
Extended family (2006)
Through train (2006)
A night on the town (2006)
Publications:

  • A dozen crime stories from a well-known, big-box, discount retail chain (2007)
    • This includes 12 short stories and is in the process of being reprinted. The first edition was printed in December of 2007 and has run out. It includes the following:
    Apple of her mother's eye (10-07)
    Jack (9-07)
    Inventory (8-07)
    The Juggler (7-07)
    Drop Off (6-07)
    Pass the Syrup (6-07)
    Customer Service (6-07)
    Have a Good Day (4-07)
    Road Atlas (4-07)
    Wee Hours (4-07)
    Lord of the Ringers (4-07)
    Free Parking (1-07)
  • Unloading, and nine other stories (April 2005)
    • A number of these started out as reading exercises for esl students, and were included to make ten total in this collection; these could best be termed "backfiles". I ask my friends to read & give comments. Write if you're interested.

    included are the following:
    Unloading (2005)
    Choke and Cell (2005)
    Abstract and Concrete (2004)*
    Three Friends (2000)
    Passion and Circumstance* (2000)
    Schoolhouse*
    Reflection
    Ruffi (2000)
    Faith of the Crocodile
    Superstition (2000)


     *These have been subsequently republished in the Ibn University (Yemen) English newsletter. More about this newsletter can be seen at this pdf.

    Others of note:
    Rebecca and Alice (~1998) - written for ESL
    Write! weblog: see the most recent
    write

    Autobiography

    Just passing through: Autobiography and travel stories
    jstpsngthru

    Plays:

    most recent and in progress:

    Down in our hearts (in progress)
    Second First-Day at the Interfaith (2008)
    Good Tidings of Yule (2007)
    Monster of Kanifloria (2006)
    Published (in its own way)

    Thou Heardest My Voice, and six other plays (April 2005)
    These, like most of the above, were done for the benefit of the young friends of Southern Illinois Friends Meeting, at the Interfaith Center in Carbondale, where each was performed. Some have been performed elsewhere. I've compiled the original scripts, including the names, but would like to clean them up and present them to Friends nationwide. Included are the following:

    Thou Heardest My Voice (2005), a play about Iraq

    Quakers Rock the 17th Century (2004), a play about the early days of Quakerism

    Turning Point (2003), a play about the 1970 bombing of Sterling Hall, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (This play was also performed in DuBois, IL in 2004)

    The Life and Times of Lucretia Coffin Mott (2000) (This play was also performed in St. Louis, MO in 2001)

    The Life and Times of John Woolman (1999)

    The Story of Benjamin West, Quaker Artist (1998)

    White Feather (1997)

    ESL/EFL Articles on the web:

    Same world, different glasses: Global Study Articles.

    Other publications: Professional home page.

    Poetry

    e pluribus haiku
    My personal collection of over 200 linked haiku, mostly from traveling though not bound to truth. Dedicated to the idea that haiku can have kigo, linked to a specific image, but also can have a geography cue, in the same way linked, so that all haiku have have time and place as subtle undercurrent.

    a href, my poetry site
    My home of link poetry, link haiku, and total link haiku (seventeen syllables, seventeen links). I am also interested in the Actualist movement, which was in Iowa City at the same time I was, but have done very little actual writing on it.


    link poetry contest, a dormant idea.
    Still waiting for proper inspiration; a link haiku and link poetry site also wait. I figure it will catch on like wildfire when the time comes; I just want to have some credential, some poetry behind me, when that happens. -TL

    Music

    Fiddler, banjo picker
    Now playing with the Parsley & Sagebrush Band; cd published in 2007.
    Life Goes On

     
    Hear our CD at our MySpace site




    Played with bands ranging from the Merry Quakers to the Dogs of Love; I have played banjo since the 1970's, but only picked up the fiddle much more recently.

    Pop Art, Graphics, Web Design

    Pop Art
    Pop Art Gallery weblog, showcase and storehouse for web pop art; see the latest.

    SIUC pop hub, home of pop salukis, pop art pulliam clocktowers, etc. Links to pages of SIUC-related pop art.

    Xanga old postcard site

    For all intents and purposes, I have stopped creating postcards, but I am still gradually uploading old work and using it on the web. The graphics page is the home of most is what is on the web, but there are plenty more...and more in my head, still waiting to be printed!
    Web design
    I'm an amateur at web design, entirely self-taught, but I've made hundreds of pages, most at CESL.

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