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Andrea J. Loney

Auteur van Double Bass Blues

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New York University (MFA, Dramatic Writing)
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Once upon a time, there was a small, bespectacled girl of from a big African-American, Jamaican, and Panamanian family. She enjoyed listening to family stories, but more than anything else in the world, she loved to read books and write her own stories. So after high school, she left her small suburban New Jersey town to study writing in New York City. She wrote plays, poetry, and screenplays that sometimes made people cry.

Immediately after graduating from New York University with an MFA in Dramatic Writing, she joined the Big Apple Circus. After a year of traveling the east coast with clowns, elephants, and acrobats, left the circus and ran away to Hollywood. Then she wrote, wrote and wrote and went to lots of meetings. She worked at Disney and small production companies. She even wrote for the Chicken Soup for the Soul TV series.

Eventually, she left the studios to help make the world a better place by teaching computer skills to veterans and other people struggling in the job market. While teaching, she fell in love with writing new stories – novels, standup comedy routines, middle grade books, and picture books. Especially picture books.

So she learned everything she could about writing books for children and then she wrote some more. She took a lot of chances. She got a lot of rejections. And then something wonderful happened. One editor said yes. And then some more yesses followed. Eventually she became a published children's book author.

The bespectacled chick now lives in sunny Southern California with her handsome sweetheart, their purry ninja kitty named Sophie Grace, and their two betta fish named Jean-Michel Fisquiat and Frida Fishie Kahlo.

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From Kirkus: "Simple language complements complex paintings to create the perfect literary melody."
 
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BackstoryBooks | 9 andere besprekingen | Apr 3, 2024 |
This book would be good for primary students. This book is "Double Bass Blues" written by Andrea J. Loney, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez, and published in 2019. This book is about a student who is traveling to go see his grandaddy Nic who is in a jazz band and he is goin got play with him. On his way, he is bullied by how big the bass is compared to him and nobody understand it, but when he gets to his grandad all of his worries disappear when he starts to play. This book would be good for new readers as there are very minimal words and the pictures truly tell the real story. I think this would be good to teach kids about the history of jazz a little bit and how you can be passionate about things that you care about even if others don't understand.… (meer)
 
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kcochell23 | 9 andere besprekingen | Feb 8, 2024 |
This story of an accomplished Black-American architect in the early 1900’s is sure to inspire. The book, Curve and Flow: The Elegant Vision of L.A. Architect Paul R. Williams written by Andrea J. Loney and illustrated by Keith Mallett, chronicles the life of Paul Williams, a famous L.A. architect. As a boy Paul loved to draw, especially buildings, and followed his dreams despite formidable odds. His parents died when he was small, he and his brother were separated, yet he was cared for by family friends. He encountered “the stone wall” of racism by the time he was old enough to put together a portfolio. His high school guidance counselor told him Black people can’t even buy expensive homes let alone design them. But, Paul “liked a challenge” and had a unique vision of homes he wanted to create. He began designing in Los Angeles in the 1920’s, with an architectural style that mimicked the beautiful rolling California hills. He wanted homes to blend into the scenery matching the “curves and flows” of the natural landscape, and to take advantage of the light and beautiful California sunshine entering the home. Through patience, perseverance and top-notch talent, Paul became the first African-American to be licensed to practice architecture west of the Mississippi in 1921, nonetheless he always had to work around racism, even in L.A. His wealthy White clients felt uncomfortable sitting side by side. In turn, Paul developed a drawing technique where he sat across the table and sketched upside down and backward, bringing his designs to life right before their eyes. Paul also designed buildings for Black families, such as the YMCA and Second Baptist Church, he won numerous architectural competitions and worked as the Vice President of Broadway Savings and Loan to serve the local Black community. Paul and his family could not live in homes he designed, until 1948, when the Supreme Court dismantled laws protecting restrictive housing covenants. In 1952, Paul finally had the opportunity to design his dream home which today, along with numerous other homes Paul designed, sits on the National Register of Historic Places. By the time he retired in 1973 Paul had designed over 3,000 structures all over the world.… (meer)
 
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JodieDuBois | 1 andere bespreking | Jul 24, 2023 |
This is a gorgeously illustrated picture book biography about Los Angeles's "architect to the stars." The title refers to architect Paul R. Williams's signature style of clean lines and elegant curves, but also to the stark reality that he, as a Black man in America, could not take the same path to success as white architects. He was denied access to most of the professional resources afforded to others, and wouldn't even be allowed to buy many of the houses he designed because of his race. This book highlights the talents and struggles of a remarkable architect, and approaches the reality of racism with blunt but age-appropriate language. This is a must-have in any elementary library biography section.… (meer)
 
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