{"product_id":"middle-class-american-white-boy-thomas-william-simpson-9798707994722","title":"Middle Class American White Boy: Second Edition","description":"I've been a scribbler since I plagiarized Stephen Stills' anthem to love Suite: Judy Blue Eyes back in high school in an effort to win over a pretty girl who thought I was nothing but a loud, obnoxious jock. I wanted her to know I had a soft side. It worked! And I learned the power of the written word. I soon began to scribble original poetry and prose. God awful stuff. Cliché-ridden, melodramatic gobble-de-gook. But I kept at it and, well, became reasonably adept at stringing the words together.So what is this Middle Class American White Boy all about? It's sort of a memoir in verse. This Second Edition contains twenty stories (narratives) (poems) from some crucial or mind-expanding time in my life. The idea is to tell as much story as possible in the fewest possible words. The Universe, for instance-my own personal War \u0026amp; Peace-tells the tale of my time in Argentina during the Dirty War. When I wrote the account many moons ago it topped out at almost 30,000 words. I have now reduced that same story to a narrative verse of just over 900 words. You can read (either silently or aloud) each story in the collection in 2-8 minutes. To hold your attention for even that long-before you scroll away or wander off-I try to create one rapid-fire image after another in your brain. Middle Class American White Boy unfolds chronologically. I travel. I dream. I mature. I write. I publish. I fall in love. I marry. I become a father. My view of life and what is important expands and changes. Always, in every narrative, I question the status quo, especially my own. But no matter how far I roam, deep I think, or believe to the contrary, I am and always be a Middle Class American White Boy. I have tried to do my best with the freedom and privilege that designation has afforded me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas William Simpson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798707994722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Thomas William Simpson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851954270463,"sku":"9798707994722","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/middle-class-american-white-boy-thomas-william-simpson-9798707994722","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}