{"product_id":"eileen-myles-1969","title":"Eileen Myles: 1969","description":"\u003cp\u003eHanuman Editions, 2025, Paperback, 120 pages, 7 x 10.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished as a companion piece to their debut story collection,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBread and Water\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e1969\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecounts 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\u003cdiv class=\"description-block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"shopify-block-Aa3dweDRNVnJVQ2p0d__sc_back_in_stock_app_block_LxJM6b-1\" class=\"shopify-block shopify-app-block\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productExcerpt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productExcerpt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poet, novelist and former presidential candidate\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEileen Myles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emoved 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChelsea Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1994) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCool for You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2000), and recently, the literary anthology,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePathetic Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2022).\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60190743921024,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/260450.1969.9798995641001.jpg_500x755_4df4f176-9512-4d48-8ded-f7bab5a380f5.jpg?v=1792748513","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/eileen-myles-1969","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}