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Todd Strasser

Mr. Monjo’s Lesson

In a writing career that has spanned fifty years, I’ve learned plenty of lessons, but perhaps the most important came with my first novel…

3 min readDec 7, 2021

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Todd Strasser

Life Lesson: The Unexpected Reward of Not Having Enough Money*

At the age of twelve I learned that not having enough can sometimes have fortuitous consequences. It began when my friend Doug’s parents…

3 min readOct 19, 2021

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Todd Strasser

The Slightly Strange Origin Story of Drive Me Crazy.

I once had the world’s best disappearing literary agent. She was funny and smart and came up with lots of great ideas for books. We would…

4 min readSep 25, 2021

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The Slightly Strange Origin Story of Drive Me Crazy.

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Todd Strasser

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE HIPPIES

Here’s some interesting information that may explain “the origins” of the 1960s hippie movement. I hasten to add that, having no training…

5 min readAug 21, 2021

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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE HIPPIES

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Todd Strasser

BLOTTER ACID ART

Those of us who were familiar with blotter acid back in the 1960s know that the little squares of blotting paper onto which LSD was added…

3 min readAug 20, 2021

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BLOTTER ACID ART

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Todd Strasser

SHOVELING THE DRIVEWAY: Sisyphus Could Relate to This

Snowy winters bring back a memory. That’s me circa 1960 shoveling the driveway at a time before most people had snowblowers. See those…

2 min readAug 20, 2021

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SHOVELING THE DRIVEWAY: Sisyphus Could Relate to This

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Todd Strasser

SPORTS, MUSCLES, AND BODY HAIR

At school my friends and I ate lunch quickly and raced out to the baseball diamond to choose up teams for softball. As usual, my best…

10 min readAug 19, 2021

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SPORTS, MUSCLES, AND BODY HAIR

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Todd Strasser

A HEAVY LADY TO DANCE WITH: Living on an Old Wooden Ship in Copenhagen

“She’d be a heavy lady to dance with,” the old weather-beaten Danish sea captain said as he stood on the deck of the old weather-beaten…

16 min readAug 18, 2021

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A HEAVY LADY TO DANCE WITH: Living on an Old Wooden Ship in Copenhagen

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Todd Strasser

The Kill Ratio

Even though I didn’t go to Vietnam, the war still haunts me. More than 50,000 young American men were killed, and an estimated 75,000 more…

2 min readAug 16, 2021

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The Kill Ratio

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Todd Strasser

If You Remember Woodstock, You Weren’t There

Did you know that nearly 20 million people went to the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969? Okay, so maybe the actual number wasn’t quite that…

6 min readAug 15, 2021

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If You Remember Woodstock, You Weren’t There

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Todd Strasser

Todd Strasser

Todd is the author of many novels. His most recent is Summer of ’69, about drugs, sex, rock ‘n’ roll, Vietnam, and Woodstock. More at toddstrasser.com

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