Koko Ken

Koko Ken
Author: Ken Martinez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2013-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 146696197X

In the early '80s, recovering from my divorce, I moved from Ketchum, Idaho, to Palo Alto, California, to live temporarily with my sister Martin and her family, the other Martins, until I found an apartment. My brother-in-law was and still is a pastor in the Nazarene church. Also attending the church were two college mates of mine and the Martins, Jan and Doug Burgesen and their two children (the two kids, Stevie and Cindy, not Doug and Jan) who could not pronounce "Uncle Ken." It came out "Koko Ken." Soon, very soon, I was known to the whole church (even to my niece Jennifer and my two nephews, Todd and Gabe) as Koko Ken, which gave me the title of this book. Because of a birth defect, spina bifida (the definition's in the book), I wasn't expected to live past six weeks. As of this writing, October 1, 2012, I'm six weeks shy of sixty-two years old. I've lived a very fortunate life. I've hiked up two volcanoes, Lassen and Diamond Head. I've ten speeded down Mt. Haleakala. I played Chopin's, King Faruk's, and Carnegie Hall's pianos. Read my book. It's funny. It's sad. It's me. I'm almost a George Plimpton.

The Politics Of Life

The Politics Of Life
Author: Velina Houston
Publisher: Temple University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2010-08-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1439906165

Pioneering work by Asian American women playwrights.

A Poet's Assortment Of Poems

A Poet's Assortment Of Poems
Author: Ken Martinez
Publisher: Booktango
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2015-06-23
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1468959727

This book is like a plant growing from a stone wall, a poem growing from a story. A few months ago, I opened my laptop and resumed last night’s work on this new literary project, which had no working title — centered on a collection of my poems and their stories. Some of the poems here are written or suggested in my autobiography, ‘Koko Ken’. I am having a hard time writing this section because the stories and elucidations are written within this book. Being a Spina-Bifida baby boomer, I wasn’t to live past six weeks. I’m sixty-four – by the blessings of the Lord, the plant is alive from the stone wall. So, here we are, growing from the wall, the stories and me behind the poems.

Kenney's Not a Cripple

Kenney's Not a Cripple
Author: Ken Martinez
Publisher: Booktango
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2016-03-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1468968068

A young baby with a fatal disease (in 1950) called Spina-bifida). Doctors told his parents that Kenny wouldn't live past six weeks. This book tells how he spent those last six weeks at age five years old and at age eight, twelve - fourteen and now at age sixty-five, writing this eBook. People who have read these stories have said that they are extremely happy, a bit sad, funny and tender.

Great Scenes from Minority Playwrights

Great Scenes from Minority Playwrights
Author: Marsh Cassady
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1997
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

A unique collection of 74 scenes from plays by minority playwrights designed to make students aware of cultural diversity in American Theatre. Providing a stepping stone to the study of minority writing, the book presents a variety of scenes for acting and directing practice. Instead of isolated cuttings from a large number of plays, a number of scenes from single plays are included.

Playwrights of Color

Playwrights of Color
Author: Meg Swanson
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Total Pages: 726
Release: 1999
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

A selection of plays by fifteen playwrights of color, each accompanied by a contextual essay that provides relevant historical, sociological, cultural, and historical backgrounds.