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A Night Without Armor
A Night Without Armor | Jewel
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One of the most respected artists in popular music today, Jewel is much more than a music industry success with her debut album selling more than 10 million copies. Before her gifted songwriting comes an even more individual art: Poetry. Now available in paperback, A Night without Armor highlights the poetry of Jewel taken from her journals which are both intimate and inspiring, to be embraced and enjoyed. Writing poems and keeping journals since childhood, Jewel has been searching for truth and meaning, turning to her words to record, to discover, and to reflect. In A Night Without Armor, her first collection of poetry, Jewel explores the fire of first love, the lessons of betrayal, and the healing of intimacy. She delves into matters of the home, the comfort of family, the beauty of Alaska, and the dislocation of divorce. Frank and honest, serious and suddenly playful, A Night Without Armor is a talented artist's intimate portrait of what makes us uniquely human.
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monalyisha
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Confession: I‘m not a Swiftie.

Lately, though, I‘ve been thinking about how fun it would be to get a group of my girlfriends together and make the kind of friendship bracelets her fans make but for singer-songwriters from the 90‘s.

So, I‘ve been making a playlist. Today I remembered how much I loved Jewel…and her book of poems when it came out in 1999. I can see how she played a part in shaping the woman I‘d become! 🔥

monalyisha I‘ve listened to her debut album, Pieces of You (which was my very first CD!), as an adult. But I‘d kind-of forgotten about Spirit! Linking to a jam, in case you‘d like to travel down memory lane, too: https://open.spotify.com/track/61spyZsLHZS2KDpUey9Eck?si=gMTKjELjR_S37a9Nm0__JQ&... (edited) 1mo
Suet624 Thank you! 1mo
Deblovestoread Love Jewel 💜 1mo
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Librarybelle Yay for Jewel! 1mo
batsy I used to be obsessed with Jewel. Formed some early internet friendships on Jewel message boards and forums 😆 1mo
Kitta Yay that sounds great! I loved Jewel but became more of a metalhead around age 15. I‘m not a huge Swiftie, but I like a few songs so when my friends were going to the eras tour I went with and I saw her last year. It was a great show but crazy, everyone knew every word and I was just standing there like wtf is happening 😂. Someone gave me one of those bracelets at the concert! 1mo
IndoorDame I was a huge fan in the 90s! I‘d totally forgotten about her book of poems! Thanks for the reminder! 1mo
monalyisha Ha, @Kitta — I had a similar experience, except with punk rock instead of metal. I made the leap from Jewel to Rancid pretty quickly. 😅 1mo
monalyisha @Kitta Also, I can‘t imagine being at an actual concert! That must have been so bizarre for you! I bet it‘s what my non-Catholic friends felt like when they got dragged to church with my (dad‘s) family: the sitting, the standing, the kneeling, the recitation of prayers — all unknown. I mean, the fandom *is* sort-of cult-like. 😆🙈 1mo
monalyisha @IndoorDame I remember thinking, “Wow. She is OBSESSED with the word “flame.” I‘m not sure how they‘d hold up. I‘ve got a soft spot for them, though. Reading the poems was a huge bonding experience for me & my mom (who isn‘t a big reader). She kept a copy of the collection in the center console of her car! 1mo
monalyisha @batsy Those early internet friendships were so precious! My closest internet friend & I bonded over Buffy the Vampire Slayer & the Goo Goo Dolls. 😅 1mo
Kitta @monalyisha Punk and metal are both fantastic! I love punk maybe more than metal now but went through a metal/screamo phase as - teenager which I still secretly listen to. Alexisonfire 🖤 is my favourite. 1mo
Kitta @monalyisha I went to catholic mass in Germany once and wasn‘t raised in the church so I did everything wrong and had no idea what was happening. I don‘t speak German! It was my godbrothers christening and it was surreal. The concert was also surreal. She puts on a great show but I felt like a fraud not knowing all the songs haha. 1mo
monalyisha @Kitta I never did the metal thing. BUT my husband sang in a metal band when I met him, so I‘ve been to plenty of shows! I thought it was hilarious how he went from the sweetest boy I‘d ever met to rolling around on the floor, doing splits-jumps in the air, and summoning the fires of hell. 😆 They actually had a concept album based entirely on Lovecraft/Cthulhu. 1mo
Kitta @monalyisha that sounds like a great experience! Love Cthulhu that sounds awesome. 1mo
marleed Haha - before summer ‘23 I could not have identified a line from a TS song, but I live in Kansas City where the TS love is a continuing massive economic boost. So Alexa, play Taylor Swift it became - so now I can identify a near playlist of her songs. And honestly - Go Taylor, Go Beyoncé - sprinkle all that goodness on this crazy era that thrives on hate☺️ 1mo
vivastory I'm not a Swiftie, but as someone who calls KC home & as things have been weird with all of the scrutiny with her & Kelce's relationship I almost feel like an honorary Swiftie lol There are a couple of collaborations that she has done with The National & Bon Iver that I adore & I do love “No Body, No Crime.“ As someone who was a teen in the 90s, I 💙 your idea, though. I'm just imagining Fiona Apple inspired bracelets (edited) 1mo
monalyisha @vivastory Fiona Apple is the absolute BEST. 🍎 Paper Bag was my first favorite song by her. After that, I was obsessed with Tymps (The Sick in the Head Song) in college. 1mo
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jb72
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#poetrymatters #jewel #song
Day 2 - Song
I really love Jewel‘s poetry book (tagged). She really knows how to write poems and songs and lyrics.
https://youtu.be/q9cfe7AZH5c

TheSpineView ❤❤ 5y
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Loric
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So much more than a book of poems, this to me was truly a glimpse inside Jewel‘s head (or perhaps a journal from her late teens). I found this compilation to be imperfect, raw, simple, and beautiful. There was a sadness to many that touched my heart. What a lovely glimpse of this woman‘s most private thoughts.

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Eggs
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#profile pic @Chelleo
My mom top left, 1913-2007. This had to be late 1920s-1932 ish. She looks so happy (before marriage and 7 kids...)

Cinfhen This photo is incredible 6y
Zelma Agreed. Amazing photo! 6y
tif What an awesome photo!! 6y
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Kaye How cute. I love old pics like this. Yes, I do believe most of us would look much different if we compared photos of our younger, single selves to our older married with kids selves. Life can slap you around quite a bit in those years. 6y
Mdargusch I love this! 6y
tournevis This pic is amazing! The photos people took when the Kodak black box became available are amazing. They made sure the pics counted and they are full of story and life! 6y
Eggs @Cinfhen @Zelma @tif @ReadOrDieRachel @Kaye @Mdargusch @tournevis Thank you everyone ❤️❤️❤️Mom would have been so enthralled about a place like Litsy where readers can share books and photos and ideas and curiosity and love for each other 6y
AmyG That‘s an awesome picture. 6y
Cinfhen I agree @tournevis that photo is telling a story ~ it's truly marvelous 😍 6y
That-Bookish-Hiker Wow! This is an awesome pic. 6y
Chelleo This photo is pure gold!! 🤩😍🤩 6y
Eggs @AmyG @Cinfhen @That-Bookish-Hiker @Chelleo Many thanks 😍😘❤️💜💕🙂💚 6y
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There are wonderful paintings by Pat Steir in this book. This one is called “September Evening Waterfall.”

#painting #art #artwork #waterfall

Riveted_Reader_Melissa That‘s beautiful! 6y
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ChrysFey
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huntersmom1977 I love it too 😍 6y
Meeko93 6y
Ddzmini True true 😖 6y
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CoffeeK8 I misread the first line as “Littens!” 😂 6y
ChrysFey @CoffeeK8 LOL 🤣 6y
Ddzmini 👂🏼 6y
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ChrysFey
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Part of a poem in Jewel‘s poetry collection.

#poetry #poem #humanity

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