{"product_id":"a-decade-in-my-life-1969-1979-9798330268542","title":"A Decade in My Life - 1969 -1979","description":"\u003cp\u003eI published my first booklet of poems Noon Moon Days in 1969 (age 19) after I had turned on, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etuned in and dropped out. I figured if Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Allen Ginsberg and other great \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican writers could self-publish, I could too. I sold my poems in Berkeley and San Francisco\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(\"Hey, real San Francisco beat poetry right here!\"). I published two other poem booklets during\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis fertile period of my life, as well as a larger collection, and a short one-man, one-act play, all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincluded herein. The poem booklets sold for a dollar but see, my room rent was only $35 a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emonth. That's what an expensive, exclusive prep school education in Manhattan could do for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyour kid in the '60s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverybody has some boxes of old nostalgia somewhere in storage, right? I looked through\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eone of my boxes and I decided to publish these poems because I think they still hold up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOK, some of them are juvenile, rebellious, and weird. But remember that youth is about self-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ediscovery, ideals and betrayal. Have you forgotten? Ha, maybe this collection will bring a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esmile to your face and spark some memories of your own youthful and creative moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Veronica Lane Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50928359964946,"sku":"9798330268542","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c19c1655-1672-4baa-9b27-722a4bffa1dd.jpg?v=1738993065","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-decade-in-my-life-1969-1979-9798330268542","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}