This book is a beautifully written, streetwise evocation of the '60s, told with uncommon grace and clarity of vision. Author Bruce Boston writes with the voice of a poet, the heart of a bodhisattva, and the unblinking eye of an investigative reporter. He creates a realistic, unsentimental rendering of an era slipping rapidly into the mists of history.
Set against the backdrop of the East Village poetry scene circa 1965, Stained Glass Rain chronicles the confluence and divergence of four lives: Jacobi, college dropout and ex-track star, arriving in New York from California with 200 hits of acid; Michael, "poet and poetaster," dancing on the fulcrum between self-absorption and self-realization; Christine, fleeing from mainstream America and the constraints of privilege; Mulligan, joker, fool, catalyst.
Boston weaves the paths of their lives into a seamless tapestry that captures both light and shadow, hope and delusion. And, in so doing, he illuminates some of our collective consciousness at the cusp of the millennium.
Stained Glass Rain, by Bruce Boston: US$14.95. Ocean View Books: Box 102650, Denver, CO 80250.
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