Background
Jonathan Bumas was born on August 22, 1957, in Forest Hills, New York, United States. He is a son of Lester Owen Bumas and Janet Marie Bumas.
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
In 1978 Jonathan Bumas received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University.
(This hilarious illustrated catalog contains practical jok...)
This hilarious illustrated catalog contains practical jokes from offices, hospitals, colleges, parties, schools, and weddings... for in-laws, bosses, scheming colleagues, rude neighbors, and ex-lovers. Plus, much more! Containing pranks and stunts for every occasion and classics from the pantheon of pranksters, The Complete Book of Outrageous and Atrocious Practical Jokes will show how to write the memo that will have scheming colleagues hiding under their desks while you squeal with laughter; how your stereo system can be adapted inventively to deal with noisy neighbors, professors, and roommates; how to take the air out of assorted stuffed shirts at dinner parties with creative use of fishing line and insects; and how husbands and wives maintain their version of marital harmony using nail polish and the insinuation of shoplifting.
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Outrageous-Atrocious-Practical-Jokes/dp/0385230443/?tag=2022091-20
1985
(A collection of whimsical limericks for Stuart Wright's t...)
A collection of whimsical limericks for Stuart Wright's telephone answering machine. Write was owner/publisher of Palaemon Press, and a faculty member of the School of Education, Wake Forest University.
https://www.amazon.com/PHONETHICS-TWENTY-TELEPHONE-John-Ciardi/dp/B0089O4VHW/?tag=2022091-20
1985
(George Palmer Garrett was an American poet and novelist. ...)
George Palmer Garrett was an American poet and novelist. He was the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2002 to 2004. His novels include The Finished Man, Double Vision, and the Elizabethan Trilogy, composed of Death of the Fox, The Succession, and Entered from the Sun. He worked as a book reviewer and screenwriter, and taught at Cambridge University and, for many years, at the University of Virginia. He is the subject of critical books by R. H. W. Dillard, Casey Clabough, and Irving Malin.
https://www.amazon.com/Poison-Pen-Live-Now-Later/dp/0913773069/?tag=2022091-20
1986
(Thirteen-year-old Janet McGiver feels that her life has b...)
Thirteen-year-old Janet McGiver feels that her life has become too complicated and painful. Her grandmother is ill, her parents fight all the time, and she isn't sure she can trust one of her best friends. More and more, Janet retreats into the world of her favorite soap opera-a world in which problems are resolved quickly and even hospital patients look glamorous. Moving between fantasy and reality, she tries to live as though she were a character in a soap opera but finds that the real world is much more ambiguous and complex than that of the small screen. Sarah Sargent brings insight as well as humor to her portrayal of an ordinary middle-class girl looking for answers in a world of malls and TV "glitz."
https://www.amazon.com/Between-Two-Worlds-Sarah-Sargent/dp/039566425X/?tag=2022091-20
1995
(Nyle's life with her grandmother on their Vermont sheep f...)
Nyle's life with her grandmother on their Vermont sheep farm advances rhythmically through the seasons until the night of the accident at the Cookshire nuclear power plant. Without warning, Nyle's modest world fills with protective masks, evacuations, contaminated food, disruptions, and mistrust. Nyle adjusts to the changes. As long as the fallout continues blowing to the East, Nyle, Gran, and the farm can go on. But into this uncertain haven stumble Ezra Trent and his mother, "refugees" from the heart of the accident, who take temporary shelter in the back bedroom of Nyle's house.
https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Rising-Karen-Hesse/dp/0780751949/?tag=2022091-20
1995
(It's 1899 - the last year of the old century - a time of ...)
It's 1899 - the last year of the old century - a time of anticipation and change. For eighteen-year-old Nell Edmonds, however, the "turn" into 1900 is an ominous and terrifying period. Nell had hoped to follow in the footsteps of Grandmother Shaw by going to college, perhaps even fighting for women's suffrage in Boston. Instead, they offer her another way to leave the farm: her cousin, Anson, has asked for her hand in marriage. At first, Nell is outraged, but then she realizes that for her parents' sake she must accept Anson's proposal. In the months before the wedding, Nell takes refuge in making a crazy quilt from Grandmother Shaw's scrap fabrics. Never one for needlework, she surprises everyone with her new self-discipline. Yet her family and friends are worried: Nell is obsessed with creating the quilt and she seems to be retreating deep into a world of her own, where no one can help her.
https://www.amazon.com/Nells-Quilt-Susan-Terris-1996-10-29/dp/B01FGILO1Y/?tag=2022091-20
1997
Jonathan Bumas was born on August 22, 1957, in Forest Hills, New York, United States. He is a son of Lester Owen Bumas and Janet Marie Bumas.
In 1978 Jonathan Bumas received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University.
Jonathan Bumas worked several times illustrating books for Palaemon Press, including Phonethics: Twenty-Two Limericks for the Telephone, by John Ciardi (1986), which featured Bumas' drawings and an introduction by Stuart Wright. After the demise of Palaemon Press, he illustrated Poison Pen, or, Live Now and Pay Later, by George Garrett (1986) for Stuart Wright, publisher, as well as many book jackets. The Sunset Pond was Bumas's first book for children. He illustrated primarily in pastels. At Princeton, he won the S. M. Shellabarger Memorial Creative Thesis Prize for his novella Toward the Gardens. He also made book covers for Nell's Quilt (Susan Terris, 1997), Phoenix Rising (Karen Hesse, 1995), Between two worlds (Sarah Sargent, 1995).
(Nyle's life with her grandmother on their Vermont sheep f...)
1995(This hilarious illustrated catalog contains practical jok...)
1985(Thirteen-year-old Janet McGiver feels that her life has b...)
1995(A collection of whimsical limericks for Stuart Wright's t...)
1985(It's 1899 - the last year of the old century - a time of ...)
1997(George Palmer Garrett was an American poet and novelist. ...)
1986"I write because I believe that I have something to say. I hope I can touch people’s lives through my writings. I am influenced by my experiences, especially my travels through Central America and Mexico, and by my religious beliefs. What inspires me is my faith in the power of people - their capacity and potential. I am also inspired by the influence of Mother Nature as an instrument of change."
Jonathan Bumas is a member of the Pastel Society of America and the Graphic Artists Guild.
On July 21, 1996, Jonathan Bumas married Martha Hollander, a poet and an art historian. They have two children.