{"product_id":"essential-geist-james-curtis-geist-9781798743577","title":"Essential Geist: Volume II: Selected Anecdotes \u0026 Poems: 2016-2019","description":"James Curtis Geist has written eight books of poetry and anecdotes from 2016-2019. He has chosen his favorite of the 600 poems has written and put them into two volumes. The entries come from the heart and gut; are funny, personal and use conclusion-al observations and \"zingers.\"Geist is a graduate of Nyack College and the Alliance Seminary. He has served in the pastorate in NYC for five years, and has been involved in fighting sweatshops, child labor, modern day slavery and genocide in Sudan. He has been a history teacher for 16 years in NYC and in Newark. He was voted Teacher of the Year in 2012 by his peers, and from 2016-2019 has written ten books. His students nicknamed him \"Ron Burgandy\" and \"Mr. Incredible.\"Some of the topics covered in ESSENTIAL GEIST: Volume Two are Halloween, the Vagal Reflex, Mocking Birds. the Elks Lodge, modeling, house painting, Spanish Class, a few hooker stories, the Teamsters, his Uncle who use to walk his pet fish, and velocipedes.Many have referred to Geist's style as Bukowski-esque. The stories and poetry are ecletic, thought-provoking and humorous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Curtis Geist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1798743574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781798743577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d","brand":"James Curtis Geist","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47520604782847,"sku":"9781798743577","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9610f090-c849-4b33-9098-de78e1b9d9ed.jpg?v=1762886071","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/essential-geist-james-curtis-geist-9781798743577","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}