Accentsby Arthur Turfa|Submitted: Sep 11, 2021|Genres: PoetryBook Type:Print & Digital amazon.comI have always been fasincated with language, dialects, and how they are used by the peopel who speak them. Accents are the leitmotifs to my life . As a you8ng noy, I heard languages spoken in my family and surroundings, usually by immigrants and first-generation Americans. I studied languages and encoutnered many on my travels. Looking back on my life, I see the leitmotifs that have accented my development into who I am today. Come and experience the people and places I have encountered!Read More
Places and Timesby Arthur Turfa|Submitted: Sep 11, 2021|Genres: PoetryBook Type:Print & Digital amazon.com electiopublishing.comPoems about the places where I gained insight into who I am, and the people in those palces. A muxture of free verse, sonnets (two sonnet cycles) and two German poems with English translations.Read More
The Botleys of Beaumont Countyby Arthur Turfa|Submitted: Sep 11, 2021|Genres: Literature & FictionBook Type:Print blurb.comAbout the Book What happens when people from opposite backgrounds are drawn to each other, but social mores dictate that they can't be together? Years later, Attorney Slerd Bosley and teacher Jessica Cavendish explore what was meant to be, just as Slerd's own family struggles with their own family dynamic as one the wealthy, old-school leading families in a rapidly-changing southern town. The business inherited by the Botley sons is also endangered by time and change, leading to...Read More