Congratulations to Alycia Vreeland and Vine Leaves Press on the release of Laughing in Her Sleep, a collection of poetry by Jon Vreeland that blends his gritty verse with Alycia Vreeland's stark visuals.
★★★★★ “Jon passed and yet, here are his words, his heart still beating.” ~Jack Grisham, Author, Director, Musician
Laughing in Her Sleep
NEW RELEASE: September 15, 2024Genre: Poetry
4.86 stars, 7 ratings on Goodreads
Paperback: $17.99
Ebook: $4.99
This collection of poetry is the love child of two creative minds.
Jon Vreeland, the author of The Taste of Cigarettes, was a self-proclaimed reincarnation of Hemingway and highly influenced by Bukowski's crude humor and womanizing grit. He claimed writing poetry gave his brain a respite from his struggle with drug addiction.
Alycia Vreeland's illustrations and photos are a visual representation of Jon's words.
The manuscript of this book was discovered and resurrected by Alycia Vreeland, Jon Vreeland's wife, after Jon's unexpected death on September 15, 2020.
Praise for Laughing in Her Sleep
★★★★★ "Jon Vreeland. Ernest Hemingway. Charles Bukowski. Three peas in a pod. Jon Vreeland is a master storyteller at the absolute top of his game." ~Steven Kunes, TV Writer/Producer, Over My Dead Body
★★★★★ "The world of Jon and Alycia Vreeland is not a pretty one, but it is real, vivid and memorable." ~David Starkey, author of Poor Ghost
★★★★★ "Jon’s poetry is like walking in the shadow of death; bringing insight into our pain. Alycia‘s art is the perfect balance to digest it." ~Stacey Cameron
★★★★★ "Hard-edged, intense, raw, sometimes touching, and sometimes comic... Vreeland’s work never ceases to embody life’s complexities—the shock of truth and the bittersweetness of imagination." ~Chella Courington, author of Lost and Found
About the Authors
Jon Vreeland was writer, poet, journalist, playwright, and musician, born in Long Beach, California, and raised in Huntington Beach, and the self-proclaimed reincarnation of Hemingway. Vreeland’s writing appeared in journals such as Rebelle Society, East Fork, Sun and Sandstone, and elsewhere. Vreeland was president of the Writer’s/Poet’s Club at Santa Barbara City College, and a journalist for The Montecito Journal, The Santa Barbara News Press, The Santa Barbara Sentinel, and Family Life Journal. His major influences were Charles Bukowski, Ernest Hemingway, Jim Morrison, Darby Crash, God, his parents, and his two beautiful daughters, Mayzee and Scarlett. Vreeland was married to artist Alycia Vreeland.Alycia Vreeland teaches art to little people near the American Riviera, writes about Baby Darlin’ in her memoir, and plots revenge. She is soothed by taking one day at a time, twirling her hair, eating nachos, and feeling the Santa Barbara waves crashing on her toes. Her art is featured in the documentaries The Cure and Guns, Bombs, and War: A Love Story, and in the online journals Tuck Magazine, Rebelle Society, Painted Cave, and The Montecito Journal.
Learn more at jonvreeland.wordpress.com and alyciavreeland.com.
About the Publisher
Vine Leaves Press likes to blur the line between commercial and experimental works. They publish book-length vignette collections, writing reference books, short story collections, memoir/autobiography, and character-driven novels with a literary bent. Subscribe to the Vine Leaves Press newsletter to receive FREE advanced review copies of upcoming new releases, news about their authors and subscribers, and/or to read the monthly opinion column, SPILL IT! or a daily dose of 50-word stories. Learn more at VineLeavesPress.com.