Spit in the Ocean #7 All about Ken Kesey

Name: Spit in the Ocean #7 All about Ken Kesey
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ISBN: 9780142003633

ISBN-10: 0142003638

ISBN-13: 9780142003633

Edition: 2003

Authors: Ed McClanahan, Gus Van Sant

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Between 1974 and 1981 Ken Kesey self-published six issues of a literary magazine called Spit in the Ocean. After the revolutionary novelist's death in the fall of 2001, one of his closest friends, acclaimed writer Ed McClanahan, decided to carry out Kesey's vision and put together a final issue of Spitas a tribute to Kesey's genius and imperturbable spirit. Featuring contributions from cultural luminaries-including Robert Stone, Paul Krassner, Wendell Berry, Bill Walton, and Grateful Dead lyricists Robert Hunter and John Perry Barlow-as well as "regular folk," and several pieces by Kesey himself, Spit in the Ocean #7is a loving and fitting homage to the gigantic and unique spirit of the…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/28/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.95" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English



Haiku for Kesey



Shazam! (Foreword)



R.I.P., Spit in the Ocean, 1973-2003 (Introduction)



All That Hoo-Ha



A Letter to Jim Wolpman



Kesey's Last Prank



It's the Kids



Majic Bus Meets Further II



The Way It Is



"Here Came a White Cadillac!"



Karma (and Other Sermons)




Definitely the Bus



The Point Man



The Diverticulum



Two Poems



A State of Grace



Departures: Three Heavies Take Their Leave



Kentucky River Junction: A Letter and a Poem




No Further



Walking with the King



The Words on the Page



The Tooth



The Character: McMurphy Goes to High School ... and Gets an A



"Wrong Way! Go Back!"



I Am Kesey's Dog



Stark Gets Off the Bus



The Cuff Links



Elegy for Ken



Last Rites



"In the Pudding"




"Can I Go with You?" Anonymous Gets on a Bus


The Prankster Moves On



Earthshoes



Eulogy for Ken



Ken



Last Go Round: A Song for Ken Kesey



The White Tent



A Ceremony of Consolation



A Correspondence




Further Goes to Sea



The Day the Lampshades Breathed



"Now THAT'S Ken Kesey!"



The Boys Octet



Working with Kesey



Hornswoggled



Getting Better: A Radio Interview Conducted by Sharon Wood, with John Nance and Paul Pintarich



An Unheard Melody (Photo Essay)



Lament for Kesey



Brer Kesey's Words to the Wise