Léona

About the Book

Léona left her husband behind, and followed the sun to Florida. She took fl ight, like a migrating bird, and lay on the hot sands, hungry for love. She lived like there was no tomorrow. But her nights of revelry ended in loneliness. She wandered all over the continent, searching for something she never found.

About the Author

Stanley Nelson, recipient of the Thomas Wolfe Poetry Award, is the author of 18 volumes of poetry, and his poems have appeared in over 50 publications. Immigrant, an epic poem in four volumes, has been hailed as "one of the most important books of the second half of the twentieth century". Nelson is also a prolific novelist and playwright. A book of experimental fiction, The Unknowable Light of the Alien, received the Small Press Book of the Year award from Library Journal. There have been over 100 productions of his plays in New York, London, and in college and community theatres throughout the US. His play, Poe: From his Life and Mind, was cited in Best Plays of 1971, and was given a national college tour by the New York Touring Company. Stanley Nelson revels in words. He explores the edges of sound and sense, with a blend of humor and seriousness, in a style all of his own.