{"product_id":"myles-eileen-1969","title":"Myles, Eileen: 1969","description":"\u003cp\u003eHanuman Editions, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: June 22, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished as a companion piece to their debut story collection, \u003cem\u003eBread and Water\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e1969\u003c\/em\u003e recounts with wry exuberance a year in the emotional life of the poet Eileen Myles, or their canny stand-in, at the louche age of nineteen turning twenty. Writing of early boyfriends, witnessing Woodstock, porch times and Boston bars, Myles presents a portrait of personal aspiration and dissolution at the peak of American counterculture and global revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poet, novelist and former presidential candidate Eileen Myles moved to New York in 1974 and quickly became involved in a vital circle of artists based around the St. Marks’ Poetry Project. Myles’ work is widely recognized as an exemplar of first-person writing, owing to their eye for the irreverent power of the slapdash and mundane, how a swab of peanut butter or coffee cup rings evoke keen truths of being and appetite. Myles is the author of queer canon texts \u003cem\u003eChelsea Girls\u003c\/em\u003e (1994) and \u003cem\u003eCool for You\u003c\/em\u003e (2000), and recently, the literary anthology, \u003cem\u003ePathetic Literature\u003c\/em\u003e (2022).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45228759023639,"sku":"9798995641001","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/1780672557-900.png?v=1781813924","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/myles-eileen-1969","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}