{"product_id":"9780060005672","title":"When I Was Cool : My Life at the Jack Kerouac School","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWhen I Was Cool\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Sam Kashner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst student of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Sam Kashner tells with humor and grace his life with the Beats. But the best story is Kashner himself -- the coming-of-age of a young man in the chaotic world of the very idols he hoped to emulate.\u003c\/p\u003eThis P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Engaging [and] illuminating.”\u003cbr\u003e“Consistently funny … moving and always sharply observed.”\u003cbr\u003e“Hilarious and touching.”\u003cbr\u003e“[This] headlong, infectious tales honors the author’s youthful idols by remembering them with tenderness and affection”\u003cbr\u003e“A memoir worth some howling.”\u003cbr\u003e“Witty and warm grace notes to the cool history of the Beats.”\u003cbr\u003e[Kashner’s] memoir is about enlightenment, the kind that comes from looking back with compassion but with eyes wide open\u003cbr\u003e“Fond, funny and finally heartbreaking.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780060005672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41038894203086,"sku":"9780060005672","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780060005672_aa76de50-321a-4640-b234-95fe6f1f97ec.jpg?v=1652165639","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780060005672","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}