The High Sky of Winter's Shadows

About the Book

The High Sky of Winter’s Shadows by W. Jack Savage is a collection of thoughts, reminiscences, eyewitness accounts and random opinions gleaned from journals, various notebook entries, graduate school projects, letters and at least two previous attempts at putting together a compilation such as this. They represent first person accounts spanning more than six decades through the eyes of one baby boomer. Told in essays of four-hundred words or less, Savage holds his bias as one whose eyes remained open through it all. However, this is also an exercise in soul searching as by his own account Jack’s extraordinary memory offers a reminder that peering into the past can be a two-edged sword. While it may at times be painful, it may also provide valuable lessons that may re-color our first impressions. In the end however, it is the memories of a lifetime: of struggling through school, trouble at home, service in Vietnam and a career in radio of over thirty years; of little snapshots of life and crossroads remembered; of marriage, parenthood, acting, disappointment and the determination to share his stories in the hope that someone may find a sliver of light in the midst of their struggles.

About the Author

W. Jack Savage is a retired broadcaster and artist who now writes and creates his art full time. He is the author of six books: three novels, two short story collections and The High Sky of Winter’s Shadows, an autobiographical account told in essays amassed over fifty years. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Mankato and received his Master’s Degree from California State University, Los Angeles where he taught film studies for six years. Twenty-eight of Jack’s short stories have been published in literary magazines around the world such as the Sentinel Literary Quarterly, Nazar LOOK, The View From Here and Postcards, Poems and Prose. Jack is also a talented artist whose work has appeared in more than twenty periodicals and whose acting credits include over fifty stage productions and two pretty bad films. Jack and his wife Kathy live in Monrovia, California.