American Pleasure

American Pleasure explores one year of Vereen’s experiences in the city of San Francisco. The text itself is a revealing self-portrait of the sensitive young artist and a poetic landscape of a city in transformation. Exploring the themes of personal memoir, autobiographical fiction, surrealism, stream of consciousness, and erotica, the book attempts to break free from traditional forms of storytelling while simultaneously narrated by an unflinching author, who is determined to express himself fully in matters concerning self-reflection and confession.