{"product_id":"escape-from-the-planet-couton","title":"Escape From the Planet Couton","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","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46610645745833,"sku":"PHBK-9781950380787","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/content_160297e5-d943-4e09-ade8-8fb996d06167.jpg?v=1764710090","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/escape-from-the-planet-couton","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}