From: ABershaw (MrBB)
Subject: MrBB-"A Night Without Armour" details
To: Jewel Mailing List

Hi all,
    I hold in my hands the first copies hot off the presses
of Jewel's poetry book & spoken word CD "A Night Without Armour". 
    I'm going to refrain from a review at this time because
it'll be available to everyone soon & I don't want to give too much
away. 
     As many longtime Jewel "scholars" know, her poetry has
one major difference from her songwriting. That being that
her poetry is far more autobiographical & personal than her
songwriting. That is definately the case here. By reading
"A Night Without Armour", you'll gain a lot of insight into 
Jewel's thought process, her history, her relationships with
her family as well as her thoughts of growing up (& now missing)
Alaska.
     The dust cover on the book itself says it much better than
I can, so I'll quote:
      "Writing poems and keeping journals since childhood, Jewel
has been searching for truth and meaning, turning her words to 
record, to discover, and to reflect.
       In A NIGHT WITHOUT ARMOUR, her first collection of poetry, 
Jewel explores the fire of first love, the fading of passion, the 
giving of trust, 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.
       And then there are the images of the road, the people, the bars, 
the planes, places exotic and mundane, loneliness and friendship.
       Frank and honest, serious and suddenly playful, A NIGHT WITHOUT 
ARMOUR is a talented artist's intimate portrait of what makes us 
uniquely human."

    Here's an excerpt from the books preface. Jewel says:

"I've learned that not all poetry lends itself to music--- some thoughts
need to be sung only against the silence. There are softer and less 
tangible parts of ourselves that are so essential to peace, to 
openheartedness, to unfolding the vision and spiritual realm of our lives,
to exposing our souls. "

    The book contains 109 poems total, some of which EDAs will
recognize, including the Jewelstock poetry. The CD & cassette
contains 87 tracks of Jewel reciting these poems, with brief
solo acoustic guitar interludes dividing various sections.

    Here's the ISBN #'s for ordering in advance:
Book- Harper-Collins ISBN 0-06-019198-8
CD- Harper Audio CD 10162-2
Cassette- Harper Audio CPN 10162

       Jewel dedicates A NIGHT WITHOUT ARMOUR to:
The One in Whom we live and move and have or being 
to my parents, Nedra Carroll and Atz Kilcher
to my brothers Shane, Atz and Nikos
and to the land which inspires my heart to sing, Alaska

     For those interested in Jewel's thought process & background,
her perceptions of the world around her & especially all of
you who collect lyrics & quotes, this will become a treasured
resource. All three formats will be available in bookstores May 19th.

     Talk to ya'all soon.         MrBB