Vera Johnson
Vera Johnson (June 13, 1920 – November 9, 2007) was a Vancouver folk singer-songwriter and author. She was known for creating original songs on a variety of topics, some of them controversial, including religion, sex, divorce, censorship, liberation, politics, and family.[citation needed]
In an autobiographical essay, Johnson recounts how she learned to sing and play music in 1949, and how she viewed her writing, whether through music, short stories, or plays, as a means for political change.[1] Her song "The Fountain" described the "hippie protests" of 1968 Vancouver.[citation needed]
Discography
Live Albums
- Bald Eagle (1974)
- The Bald Eagle
- Homer Johnson
- Oh Canada
- You Can't Let Your Hair Hang Down
- A Song for Michael
- The Do-It-Yourself Divorce
- Pierre Trudeau
- The Word
- Jesus Was a Preacher
- Layabouts
- The Gentle Rain of England
- That Minx from Pinsk
- That's What I Believe (1978)
- The Oldest Swinger in Town
- The Fountain
- The Indian
- The Queerest Critter
- Coming Home
- The Sweetheart of Sordido V
- Women's Liberation Blues
- God's not Dead
- Thomas Arkinstall
- Mrs. Ballantyne
- Nagamma
- That's What I Believe
Written Works
Short Stories[1]
| Title | Date | First published in | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Black Six on Red Seven" | January 15, 1951 | MacLean's | Honourable Mention, story contest[1] |
| "The Huckelmeyer Story" | February 1, 1953 | MacLean's | Originally published as "A Man's Gotta Lie Once in a While" / Third prize, story contest[1] |
| "The Long Night" | April 15, 1953 | MacLean's | |
| "The Way is Hard and Weary" | April 1953 | Canadian Forum | |
| "The Beat of Moth-Wings" | August 15, 1953 | MacLean's | Originally published as "The Silent Star of Stratford"[1] |
| "Death in the Toy Parade" | December 1953 | MacLean's | |
| "Vigil on the Rock" | December 10, 1955 | MacLean's | Originally published as "He Married for Murder"[1] |
| "The Legacy" | December 1958 | Toronto Star | |
| "The Pilgrimage" | February 1959 | Canadian Forum | |
| "Death Comes to the Fiesta" | July 1960 | Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine | |
| "The Day They Cut Off the Power" | 1975 | New Writings in SF, #27 | Science Fiction |
| "The Throwback" | 1988 | Fictons, #1 | Science Fiction |
| "The Flower Words of Xochiquetzal" | 1990 | Fictons, #3 | Science Fiction |
| "The Case of the Raptrans Mole" | 1993 | Fictons, #5 | Science Fiction |
| "A Surfeit of Suspects" | 1994 | Fictons, #6 | Science Fiction |
Essays
| Title | Date | First published in | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Wanderlust" | July 1934 | Nature Magazine | [1] |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Johnson, Vera (March 1995). "Genesis of a Folksinger/Songwriter" (PDF). Canadian Folk Music Bulletin. 29 (i): 3–20.
External links
- Vera Johnson biography
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