Genres Synch

Genres Synch: Personae Humor Poetry Art Fiction Memoirs Interpretation Exposition is the fourth full-fledged multi-genres mix of Edward/Ed/Eddie/etc. Both his genres and his personae are not mixed-up. In fact they are well-integrated although some consider this a matter of opinion. In addition to the four mixes (Mélanges)see the list following the Prefacehis most recent book was a writers-group anthology The View from Kings Point. This book actually is thus his fifth. Hence the title Genres Synch a play on both the Latin/French/Spanish quinque/cinq/cinco (five) and being in synchronization/sync among other things. The author explores the meaning of his proliferating personae in his books including this one. They now number about 25; he plans to round them out (or rather even them out) at 36 in the future. The writings in Genres Synch range from good-natured humor to satire to avant-garde poetry to fictional stories to diverse memoirs to Hebraic and Classical culture to scholarly exposition. The book features truly outstanding guest contributionsof the authors wife Reva (Spiro Luxenberg) sons Judah and Benjamin daughter Aliza brother Rob and writing-group friends Joe Bruno and David Jones.