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Independent Publisher Gold Winner
Conducted annually, the Independent Publisher Book Awards honor the year’s best independently published titles from around the world.
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Carol Reveals 70’s Memoir Excerpts
Ron Cobert interviews CAROL SCHLANGER, author of HIPPIE WOMAN WILD. Carol reveals excerpts from her 70’s memoir about a privileged, 23-year-old New Yorker who abandons her acting career and the city she loves…
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Kesey Bus
“Back-to-the land hippies everywhere were becoming part of a new anthropological drift. Instead of crossing from Russia to Alaska across the Bering Strait, they were jumping onto the iconic bus that Ken Kesey…
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Teats to Slide, Pull and Squeeze
“Along with Joey, whose quick hands made him our best milker, I learned how to force Greta, our goat, to remain still while I grabbed her full teats to slide, pull, and squeeze. If…
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Wolf Spider Above My Head
“Above my head, in the corner between the window and the wood ceiling, a big black spider was sitting in her perfect web. I got out of bed, intent on destroying her world…
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Marijuana
“Our marijuana bushes were dark green and lush. Hanging to dry from the cabin’s rafters, their perfume filled the air. Everything smelled like weed—even the dishcloths.”
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Nursing Huckleberry
“Huckleberry latched onto my swollen nipple like a little leach, his tiny hands resting on my blue-veined, engorged breast. I loved nursing him, the feeling satisfied me almost as much as it did him.”
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Lady Bug Trip
“On LSD, as I floated in another dimension a chatty ladybug trying to climb up a leaf told me she was having a hard time getting a foothold because the damp had caused her…
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Bushels of Fruited Tomatoes
“Inside the Highbridge communal garden, bushels of fruited tomatoes ran along wire trellises—red, golden, and plum: heirloom, Beefsteak, Brandywine, Cherry, Early Girl, and Gold Dust.”