{"product_id":"escape-from-the-planet-crouton-9781950380787","title":"Escape From the Planet Crouton","description":"\u003cp\u003eWayne F. Burke was born in 1954 in a small manufacturing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etown in the North Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.His father, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward, had been a sergeant in the Marine Corp before \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecoming manager of a Mobil Flying-A Gasoline station; his \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emother, Claire Burke nee Kelly, had worked in a textile mill \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebefore becoming a full-time housewife. Both of his parents \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edied young: his mother at twenty-eight--at which time his \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efather moved him and his three siblings to the home of the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epaternal grandparents. His father died at thirty-two. The four \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echildren were raised by the grandparents and an Uncle. The \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egrandfather was owner and operator of BURKE'S INN, a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egenerational business begun previous to the First World War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWayne F. Burke attended public school, and after graduating \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom High School, three institutions of higher learning before \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egraduating from Goddard College in 1979 (B.A. RUP). After \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egraduation he traveled around the country, living in a variety \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof places and working at a variety of occupations (presently, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehe is employed as an LPN in a nursing home). In the late-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e80's he located himself in the central Vermont area and has \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eremained since. He published mostly prose until 2013 when \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis first poetry collection was published. He was fifty-eight \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears old. ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET CROUTON is his \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7th published poetry collection. A book of short stories, titled \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTURMOIL \u0026amp; Other Stories, is scheduled for publication by \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdelaide Press in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3652887\"\u003eWayne F. Burke\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Luchador Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950380787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950380785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luchador Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44437794160877,"sku":"9781950380787","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_8b34ac81-d13e-4f2a-8f23-f32ae74a6f43.jpg?v=1700134374","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/escape-from-the-planet-crouton-9781950380787","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}