{"product_id":"9781929878680","title":"In the Shadow of the Bomb","description":"You never know what words of wisdom are going to carry with you over the years. I was about 14, and was just starting to show my efforts at writing and drawing\/painting. It was terrible stuff really.\u003cbr\u003eI really didn't know anything about poetry at the time. That's not meant to imply that I know anything about poetry today, either.\u003cbr\u003eBack then I was reading a lot of Lovecraft, Blake, and a little bit of Whitman and Poe. Pretty much I was just trying to write rock songs and my big idea of clever was to filter it through generic macabre imagery. You know... Jim Morrison. Except I can't sing; so I started calling it poetry.\u003cbr\u003eYou know...Jim Morrison.\u003cbr\u003e Anyways, I was showing all this \"art\" to my old man, when he tells me, \"Why don't you paint me a sunset? Write to me about a dog finally coming up on some good luck? Give me something I can find identity in, something I can understand. Tell me about living a real life.\"\u003cbr\u003e At first I was all about my teenager hurt feelings. But the seed was planted, the ember smoldering, if you will. I was 16 when me and the pen got together again. This time I was trying to write about what I knew. Turns out, at 16 I didn't know much at all.\u003cbr\u003e Now, here I am, 40 years old and I'm repeating my father's words; trying to tell you what this is all about.\u003cbr\u003eI write about what I know.\u003cbr\u003eI write about the last 40 years of life I've seen.\u003cbr\u003eSee, the thing is, it don't matter what I meant when I was writing it. Really, it comes down to just one question.\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean to you?","brand":"Lummox Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040239403248,"sku":"9781929878680","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781929878680_p0.jpg?v=1763637978","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781929878680","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}