The Cerebral Jukebox

She could see to the horizon to where the Brooklyn and Manhattan
bridges formed necklaces . So writes Susan Margulies Kalish in The
Cerebral Jukebox, her first collection of poetry. With an astute eye for the
telling detail, she evokes her childhood in Manhattans Lower East Side.
Stuyvesant Town, a middle-class housing development of a hundred
look-alike buildings, became her mid-city haven during the baby boom
that followed World War II.

Her favorite jukebox hits of the Fifties filter through free verse vignettes,
recalling a time of innocence, while the songs of the Sixties echo the
turbulence of her coming of age in a time of great change. In succeeding
sections she celebrates family, travel, and historical connection, bringing
the books jukebox journey full circle.

Complete with the authors illustrations that eloquently weave together
family and neighborhood photographs throughout, The Cerebral Jukebox
shares unforgettable recollections from one womans life as she matures
from childhood to adulthood in the greatest city in the world.