Still Defiant Press Release

Still Defiant

by

Gary Beck

For Immediate Release

The Pierce family took a disadvantaged youth for the summer, Steve Genelli and he and Randy became lifelong friends. They played junior tennis, had adventures and went to Yale. Randy protested the Vietnam War, while Steve joined the Marine Corps. An explosion in an underground bomb factory sent Randy into hiding with Steve in the East Village. They worked at a local community center, had a rent strike with their slum landlord and were evicted by the police. They worked with homeless youth, until some of the kids got into trouble and forced the program to end. Randy and Steve resolved to find another way to work with homeless youth.

Still Defiant is a 318page novel in paperback with a price of $11.99 ISBN 9781789422696. Published by Wordcatcher Publishing. The Kindle version is $5.25 Now available through all major retailers. For  information or to request a review copy, contact: 
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Gary Beck has spent most of his adult life as a theater director and worked as an art dealer when he couldn’t earn a living in the theater. He has also been a tennis pro, a ditch digger and a salvage diver. His original plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles have been produced Off Broadway. His poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in hundreds of literary magazines and his published books include 23 poetry collections, 7 novels, 3 short story collections, 1 collection of essays and 1 collection of his one-act plays. Published poetry books include:  Dawn in CitiesAssault on NatureSongs of a ClerkCivilized WaysDisplaysPerceptionsFault LinesTremorsPerturbationsRude AwakeningsThe Remission of Order and Contusions (Winter Goose Publishing, forthcoming is Desperate Seeker); Blossoms of DecayExpectationsBlunt ForceTransitions and Mortal Coil(Wordcatcher Publishing, forthcoming is Temporal Dreams) Earth Links (Cyberwit Publishing: forthcoming Too Harsh For Pastels). His novels include a series ‘Stand to Arms, Marines’: Call to Valor and Crumbling Ramparts (Gnome on Pigs Productions, forthcoming is the third in the series, Raise High the Walls)Acts of DefianceFlare Up and Still Defiant (Wordcatcher Publishing), forthcoming Pirate Spring). Extreme Change will be published by Winter Goose Publishing. His short story collections include: A Glimpse of Youth (Sweatshoppe Publications). Now I Accuse and other stories (Winter Goose Publishing) and Dogs Don’t Send Flowers and other stories (Wordcatcher Publishing). The Republic of Dreams and other essays (Gnome on Pig Productions). The Big Match and other one act plays.(Wordcatcher Publishing). Gary lives in New York City.

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