Prepare for the upcoming release of “On the Life of Linda J. Albertano” from Trauma to High Art: a collection of romantic stories, poems, and provocative prose with Frank Lutz. After years of development, the book will release on Linda’s birthday, April 17, 2024.
Critical Acclaim for Linda J. Albertano
Foreword by Suzanne Lummis
After we’ve noted that Linda J. Albertano thrived in Los Angeles as a force of nature and fount of mischievous intelligence and performative creations; after we’ve remarked upon the ways she seemed always larger than life, as well as––at 6’4” –– taller than most; after we’ve marveled at her triumphant career in the edgiest art despite being silenced, abused and exploited in Evangelical and Fundamentalist Christian foster homes during much of her youth…
We must not omit this. She was funny….
Also…
Laurel Ann Bogen, (Founding Member of Nearly Fatal Women, poet, and author)
S.A. Griffin, poet, actor and Dadaist Supreme
Quentin Ring, Director, Beyond Baroque
Prince Diabate, Kora Master Guinea, West Africa. (Translated from the French by Frank Lutz.)
Anna Homler, poet and performance artist
Taj Mahal, great Blues Artist
Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges, leaders in the DaDa art movement
Adam Leipzig, producer, director, stage, and performance art productions
Pre-release book and Poetry Fellowship Celebration
Beyond Baroque, Venice CA
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Photographer Aldo Mauro
The Love Ache
by Frank Lutz
I can’t take her anywhere anymore.
Not out to eat
at her favorite places, nor to the movies,
nor to the opera,
nor on short trips
like to Santa Barbara,
nor to New York City;
nor to Europe,
nor to Africa,
nor back to Rome ‘
so I can finish
my Vatican project.
I can’t even hold her hand anymore. Before Covid hit
three years ago
we were planning Rome.
Then that plague
infected the world.
But as the world-wide infection
was subsiding,
in April of this year 2022
Linda discovered a lump
in her tummy.
Off to the doctors
and the limits they gave her,
no surgery, no radiation,
only chemotherapy.
And so – she elected not
to suffer incapacitated
Excerpt from “On the Life of Linda J. Albertano”
Life in L.A.
Wine aficionado Frank Lutz interviews Venice Beach Vintner Seth Cripe about the Lola Wine Collection. We learn how Seth built his estate in Napa Valley – part 3
Frank A. Lutz I met Seth Cripe several years ago, when I tasted his extraordinary 2010 Russian River Pinot Noir. Wines made from the pinot noir grape, the grape of Burgundy, France are known to be of a medium-body with a soft and pleasing taste, often with subtle...
Lola Vineyards Seth Cripe with Chapoutier, Mondavi, and Sur Lucero in the Rhone Valley – part 2
“Our property in Calistoga is so great! I’m really proud of it. The thought is to have an old-world wine house as is in the Mosel and parts of France where people can come stay, enjoy the wine country lifestyle, food, as well as be a part of what we do and our philosophy of life and wine at LOLA. And My mom is the perfect hostess.”
Seth Cripe: The Venice Vintner Part 1
ine making is not an easy craft to learn, it’s part science and part art with passion and instinct all combined with hard work. Many great wines come from family businesses that have been making them for generations, but once in a while a bright...
MISSION STATEMENT
(THEN AND NOW)
In 1991, we introduced Jewel Diamond Taylor’s Success Gems with foreword by Iyanla Vanzant, globetrotting to book events, African American on Tour, and a local radio program.
We brought the Goddess Gift to life with a certified personality quiz by psychologist Dr. Sharon Turnbull. “Goddess Gift” became an Amazon Bestseller overnight.
To complement our work as a boutique book publisher with a broadcast background, we took a step further and launched QTradio.net specifically for authors, one of the pioneers in 24-hour Live-365 Internet radio stations. We were honored to collaborate with esteemed authors Dr. William July, Dr. Elaine Sonne, Cynthia Brian, her daughter Heather Britney, and the popular radio personality Edie B. Anderson from KDHX.
In addition, the esteemed poet laureate Dr. Eugene B. Redmond, who won the American Book Award for his work “Eye in the Ceiling,” joined forces with us to produce the first-ever Miles Davis Festival in his hometown E. St. Louis, Illinois. Since this is also the publisher’s hometown, we went to work on our first major event.
Jazz icons Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ahmad Jamal, Clark Terry, Russell Gunn, and others joined us for a 12-hour back-to-back festival on the Mississippi Riverfront across from St. Louis, Missouri. The entire month of May is set aside to celebrate Miles Davis.
We celebrated a 20-year reunion in 2021 with Mr. Jamal, Miles’ nephew Vince Wilburn, Jr., Erika Johnson +, including Keyon Harrold, who played trumpet under Don Cheadle in the (Miles Ahead) movie. Quincy Troupe, who co-wrote the autobiography of Miles Davis, and Dr. Ben Cawthra, author and curater of (Miles: The Miles Davis Retrospective) for the Missouri History Museum joined us again with family and friends.
Yet, it is the memory of a cherished friend and her unpublished books that has compelled us to recommence operations, partnering with a few carefully chosen allies who share a deep interest in the diverse realms of arts, literature, music, film, and broadcasting. Linda was a phenomenon in various arts including Women’s Rights from the 1960s to the 2020s. Sadly, this majestic icon, who by many was thought to be an “eternal” lover of humanity and art, passed away on September 13, 2022. We introduce our relaunch tome, “On the Life of Linda J. Albertano”, compiled and edited by her loving husband Frank Lutz.
