| fiction non-fiction memoir poetry |
Motif v1: Writing By Ear ISBN 978-1-934894-08-8 anthology 296 pages |
| Introducing the MOTIF anthology series Each volume focuses on a single theme addressed by a variety of genres and styles. |
MOTIF [mo-TEEF]
... a decorative design or pattern
... a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition
... a short succession of musical notes producing a single impression: a brief
melodic or rhythmic formula out of which longer passages are developed
... an ornament of lace, braid, etc., sewn separately on a garment
... a distinctive sequence on a protein or DNA, having a three-dimensional
structure that allows binding interactions to occur
(definitions from Oxford American College Dictionary)
... a decorative design or pattern
... a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition
... a short succession of musical notes producing a single impression: a brief
melodic or rhythmic formula out of which longer passages are developed
... an ornament of lace, braid, etc., sewn separately on a garment
... a distinctive sequence on a protein or DNA, having a three-dimensional
structure that allows binding interactions to occur
(definitions from Oxford American College Dictionary)
| These anthologies include song lyrics by the likes of Patty Griffin, Caroline Herring, and Buddy & Julie Miller. Fiction, nonfiction and poetry contributors include Silas House, Barbara Crooker, Pamela Duncan, George Ella Lyon, Michael McFee,Joseph Bathanti, Cathy Smith Bowers, Randall Horton, Irene Latham, Ron Houchin, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Frank X Walker, Dana Wildsmith, Wayne Cresser, Normandi Ellis, Darnell Arnoult, Joyce Dyer, Richard Hague, Pauletta Hansel, Cyn Kitchen, Belinda Ann Mason, Jim Minick, Lee Howard, Noel Smith, and Anne Shelby. |
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| Enjoy our MOTIF anthology series ... Vol. 1: Writing By Ear - an anthology of writings about MUSIC Vol. 2: Come What May - an anthology of writings about CHANCE Vol. 3: All the Livelong Day - an anthology of writings about WORK |
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| Mofit v3: All the Livelong Day ISBN 978-1-934894-46-0 anthology 278 pages |
| Praise for Motif v1: Writing By Ear |
| Sue Massek songwriter - Reel World String Band: WRITING BY EAR reminds us of music’s power to form and transform, to ascend to the heavens and descend into despair, to create bridges and carry us across them, to bring together and strengthen those who struggle for social justice, and to comfort those who are alone. MOTIF editor Marianne Worthington has woven these stories, songs and poems with music’s silken threads, creating a symphony that rocks, sways and syncopates in rhythm to the heartbeats of humankind and follows the melodies and harmonies flowing through our veins. The writers’ voices reflect the rich forms and styles of their deliciously diverse home places. From lullabies to rants, lonesome fiddle tunes to sassy saxophone improvisation, past the blues through jazz and hip-hop, WRITING BY EAR takes us on a journey on the wings of words sure to connect us with the songs of our souls. Peter Cooper music journalist - The Tennessean: It makes no sense, this music, and that is as it should be. There are people who seem to have mastered it, who have willed their voices and hands to gift us the precious things held in hearts and hips. Even then, there's no answer. Within this beautiful book are thousands of words that offer poetry and laughter, peace and respite, Piano Red and Patty Loveless. There are burgundy shoes here, and feet that tattoo the earth. There is Roy, the wino who worked for Bud Whedbee doing maintenance jobs. There is bourbon and ginger, and melody and harmony in between the lines. All adorn the mystery, with no notion to unravel. |
| Neela Vaswani author of You Have Given Me A Country With a passion and focus most editors only dream of, Marianne Worthington spins a bold thread through the essays, poems, stories, and songs of the second volume in the Motif series, COME WHAT MAY: An Anthology of Writings About Chance. Here are brief encounters that sprout generations; split seconds of ruin; sudden migrations, lust, and strife. These pieces remind us to cling to life's lessons with grace and humor. Worthington steers what could be an unwieldy theme through a touching and illuminating series of pirouettes. Following her deft lead, there's a good chance this anthology will delight those lucky enought to read it. Janice Eidus author of War of the Rosens Take a chance on COME WHAT MAY. You won't regret it. With remarkable insight and intelligence, 136 talented writers across a broad spectrum of geography, generations and genres delve deeply into the meaning and nature of synchronicity, coincidence, luck, fate, bashert and kismet--and the very enigma of human existence. COME WHAT MAY is an important book for anyone interested in understanding humankind today, individually and collectively--and why we act, think and feel as we do. |
| Praise for Motif v2: Come What May |
Motif v2: Come What May ISBN 978-1-934894-30-9 anthology 324 pages |
| Praise for Motif v3: All the Livelong Day |
| Maurice Manning author of The Common Man, 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist There is a stiff, overly contemplative vein in literature that connects the worlds we find in books to leisure. How many novels give us characters who apparently don’t do anything? How many poems seem to emerge from a visit to a first-class resort? Literature of a different vein, however, rewards the reader with a hands-on grasp of the world as it is on the ground—characters do things with their hands, they touch tools and machines, they take the laundry from the line, they weed the garden, they bend their bodies to a task. In short, some literature gives us a world where people actually work. Some work, indeed, is drudgery, but some work leads us unexpectedly to beauty. Some of the work we do is a sign of love. The love that comes from work—from work of all kinds—is the force I find most palpable in this moving and wholly alive anthology. Sometimes that love is stern, sometimes it goes unrecognized, but there it is in the world, like two fingers pinching a clothespin, or a voice singing with the song of a shovel. We need love to wear its work clothes now and then, and I’m glad we have ALL THE LIVELONG DAY to remind us. |
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