Too Many Summers

Too Many SummersAIMING HER PEN at such sacred cows as clueless tourists, beloved fall festivals, questionable architecture and The Shack on the Causeway (RIP), L. Ganss explores the ironies and eccentricities of a summer resort in all its seasons and temperaments. Selected from over two decades of Artoons originally published in Long Beach Islands SandPaper, this collection draws inspiration from the local quirks and rituals of this 18 mile long sandbar lovingly

along with fascinating stories about the town's first merchants when the center of Beach Haven was closer to the ocean

The book presents every seasonal badge ever issued on LBI

will see the return of psychologist Sister Maris Stella — complete with cigarettes

ink is applied to the remaining raised areas and paper is then pressed against the inked surface

that lost lives wash up like driftwood

and truth — all of it bounty from the bay

inclusive not exclusive (because no one really wants to keep it to themselves)

and much more are all here

its familiar rituals

inspired by a metaphorical beach house

has there been published a book on painters in New Jersey

a gregarious young soul