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Vera Johnson

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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

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Live Albums

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  • Bald Eagle (1974)
    1. The Bald Eagle
    2. Homer Johnson
    3. Oh Canada
    4. You Can't Let Your Hair Hang Down
    5. A Song for Michael
    6. The Do-It-Yourself Divorce
    7. Pierre Trudeau
    8. The Word
    9. Jesus Was a Preacher
    10. Layabouts
    11. The Gentle Rain of England
    12. That Minx from Pinsk
  • That's What I Believe (1978)
    1. The Oldest Swinger in Town
    2. The Fountain
    3. The Indian
    4. The Queerest Critter
    5. Coming Home
    6. The Sweetheart of Sordido V
    7. Women's Liberation Blues
    8. God's not Dead
    9. Thomas Arkinstall
    10. Mrs. Ballantyne
    11. Nagamma
    12. That's What I Believe

Written works

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Short Stories[1]

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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

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Title Date First published in Notes
"Wanderlust" July 1934 Nature Magazine [1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
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