'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. I sincerely hope you enjoy 'Cigars in the Parlor'. Writing, editing, and then publishing a chapter in a week proved to be an exciting experiment. 'Cigars in the Parlor' explores what Whitman could not say - the quiet explorations of desperate men finding each other in the dark.Ĭigars in the Parlor was a departure for me - I had never published in a serialized format before. Cigars in the Parlor (Paperback) by Shane Michaels and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. His famous book, 'Leaves of Grass,' filters that era through the lens of poetry, its descriptions barely acceptable in his day. Walt Whitman's poetry emphasizes that men of every sort were swept into the chaos of those years. His first erotic novel, 'Cigars in the Parlor', delves into his memories of life amidst Virginia's Civil War Battlefields. Though he now lives in a remote community in the far north, his roots are in the South. I always wondered what life had really been like for these lost souls. Shane Michaels is an adventurer who has traveled throughout the United States and Canada.

As I grew older, I would read bland historic monuments describing famous battles or encampments, finding the humanity of the men who died lost in the descriptions. As a child, I hunted broken bayonets and buttons from nearby farmer's fields - presumably where soldiers stopped before marching to their final fate. I spent many years living amidst Virginia's Civil War battlefields and wandering streets where cannonballs could still be seen lodged in brick walls.

Cigars in the Parlor by Shane Michaels