Kesey's Jail Journal

Kesey's Jail Journal
Author: Ken Kesey
Publisher: Viking Adult
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Kesey's expanded version of the journals he kept while in San Mateo County Jail and Sheriff's Honor Camp in 1967.

Kesey's Garage Sale

Kesey's Garage Sale
Author: Ken Kesey
Publisher: Viking Adult
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1973
Genre: History
ISBN:

A miscellanea mostly by Kesey, some by his friends.

Demon Box

Demon Box
Author: Ken Kesey
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 401
Release: 1987-08-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0140085300

In this collection of short stories, Ken Kesey challenges public and private demons with a wrestler's brave and deceptive embrace, making it clear that the energy of madness must live on.

Acid Christ

Acid Christ
Author: Mark Christensen
Publisher: IPG
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1936182009

From the literary wonder boy to the countercultural guru whose cross-country bus trip inspired The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, this candid biography chronicles the life and times of cultural icon Ken Kesey from the 1960s through the 1980s. Presenting an incisive analysis of the author who described himself as "too young to be a beatnik, and too old to be a hippie," this account conducts a mesmerizing journey from the perspective of Mark Christensen, an eventual member of the Kesey "flock." Featuring interviews with those within his inner circle, this exploration reveals the bestselling author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in his many forms, placing him within the framework of his time, his generation, and the zeitgeist of the psychedelic era.

Sailor Song

Sailor Song
Author: Ken Kesey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 574
Release: 1993-01
Genre: Alaska
ISBN: 9780552995672

This epic tale of the north is a vibrant moral fable for our time. Set in the near future in the fishing village of Kuinak, Alaska, a remnant outpost of the American frontier not yet completely overcome by environmental havoc and mad-dog development, Sailor Song is a wild, rollicking novel, a dark and cosmic romp. The town and its denizens--colorful refugees from the Lower Forty-Eight and DEAPs (Descendants of Early Aboriginal Peoples)--are seduced and besieged by a Hollywood crew, come to film the classic children's book The Sea Lion. The ensuing turf war escalates into a struggle for the soul of the town as the novel spins and swirls toward a harrowing climax. Writing with a spectacular range of language and style, Kesey has given us a unique and powerful novel about America.

Conversations with Ken Kesey

Conversations with Ken Kesey
Author: Scott F. Parker
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2014-04-10
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1626741204

Ken Kesey (1935–2001) is the author of several works of well-known fiction and other hard-to-classify material. His debut novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, was a critical and commercial sensation that was followed soon after by his most substantial and ambitious book, Sometimes a Great Notion. His other books, including Demon Box, Sailor Song, and two children's books, appeared amidst a life of astounding influence. He is maybe best known for his role as the charismatic and proto-hippie leader of the West Coast LSD movement that sparked “The Sixties,” as iconically recounted in Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. In the introduction to “An Impolite Interview with Ken Kesey,” Paul Krassner writes, “For a man who says he doesn't like to do interviews, Kesey certainly does a lot of them.” What's most surprising about this statement is not the incongruity between disliking and doing interviews but the idea that Kesey could possibly have been less than enthusiastic about being the center of attention. After his two great triumphs, writing played a lesser role in Kesey's life, but in thoughtful interviews he sometimes regrets the books that were sacrificed for the sake of his other pursuits. Interviews trace his arc through success, fame, prison, farming, and tragedy—the death of his son in a car accident profoundly altered his life. These conversations make clear Kesey's central place in American culture and offer his enduring lesson that the freedom exists to create lives as wildly as can be imagined.

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire
Author: Will Hermes
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2012-09-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0374533547

This title provides a group portrait of some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, including Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Grandmaster Flash and Bob Dylan.

On the Bus

On the Bus
Author: Paul Perry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 195
Release: 1991
Genre: Subculture
ISBN: 9780859651967

The Further Inquiry

The Further Inquiry
Author: Ken Kesey
Publisher: Viking Adult
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1990
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A highly pictorial re-examination of the " legendary" 1964 Merry Pranksters' trip across America made in a psychedelic bus, and featured in Jack Kerouac's novel Òn the road'.