Sleep A Bedtime Reader

by Robert Peacock (Editor), Roger Gorman (Editor)

With contributions by Paul Auster, Alice Walker, John Updike, and others, "Sleep" offers a compelling collection of more than 30 bedtime stories and poetry. Illustrated with seductive and many largely unpublished photographs by Sally Mann, William Wegman, and other leading photographers, this hip, refreshing anthology provides nourishment for the mind and the eye alike. 45 illustrations.

96 pages, Hardcover

First published May 15, 1998

Reviews

[Pamela · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book did not do well to evoke the feeling of sleep or dreams. A few of the stories or poems did, particularly near the end. Generally the entries seemed random.

The imagery was weird. The book is printed in high-gloss full color pages. The images were more dream-like than the text.

Most of the authors I did not recognize but there were a few bigger names, also near the end of the book: Alice Walker, Lou Reed, Jack Kerouac, and the very last, one of my favorite was by Fran Lebowitz: Why I Love to Sleep. It was very funny. Alice Walker’s poem was good too.

The book is so short, I have no idea why it remained unread until now. Perhaps I did pick the book up a time a two (and forgotten) and wasn’t impressed. The book came to me through a mail order book-club I used to belong to, bought over twenty-five years ago. Without seeing it in person explains why I purchased it. Oh, and good cover image. Overall disappointing.