Spit in the Ocean #7: All About Kesey
Editor: Ed McClanahan
Introduction : Gus Sant
Publication date: 2003
Penguin Books
From the rear cover: "Between 1974 and 1981 Ken Kesey self-published six issues of a literary magazine called Spit In The Ocean. After Kesey's death in 2001, several of his close friends chose one of their number, Ed McClanahan, to put together a final issue of Spit In The Ocean as a tribute to Kesey's genius, his vast energy, his generous humanity, and his imperturbable spirit. Gathered here are contributions from cultural luminaries - Paul Krassner, Wendell Berry, Bill Walton, Wavy Gravy, Ken Babbs, Rosalie Sorrels, Douglas Brinkley, Gurney Norman, Grateful Dead lyricists Robert Hunter and John Perry Barlow - as well as many vintage Merry Pranksters and regular folks whose lives Kesey touched and influenced, and a dazzling array of previously unpublished pieces by Kesey himself. Spit in the Ocean #7 is a fitting homage - a loving, many-faceted mosaic portrait of one of the most compelling forces in modern American culture." The contents are:
- Haiku for Kesey - Wavy Gravy
- Shazam! (Foreword) - Gus Van Sant
- R.I.P., Spit in the Ocean, 1973-2003 (Introduction) - Ed McClanahan
- All That Hoo-Ha - Michael Strelow
- A Letter to Jim Wolpman - Ken Kesey
- Kesey's Last Prank - Paul Krassner
- It's the Kids - Patrice Mackey
- Majic Bus Meets Further II - Douglas Brinkley
- The Way It Is - Walt Curtis
- "Here Came a White Cadillac!" - Lewis Nordan
- Karma (and Other Sermons) - Ken Kesey
- Bus Story #1: Definitely the Bus - George Walker
- The Point Man - Bill Walton
- The Diverticulum - Ken Babbs
- Two Poems - Paul Zarzyski
- A State of Grace - Lee Quarnstrom
- Departures: Three Heavies Take Their Leave - Ken Kesey
- Kentucky River Junction: A Letter and a Poem - Wendell Berry
- Bus Story #2: No Further - Chloe Scott
- Walking with the King - Hunter S. Thompson
- The Words on the Page - Glen Love
- The Tooth - Ken Babbs
- The Character: McMurphy Goes to High School ... and Gets an A - Pat Monaghan
- "Wrong Way! Go Back!" - Ken Kesey
- I Am Kesey's Dog - Happy (witha little help from Genie Murphy)
- Bus Story #3: Stark Gets Off the Bus - Larry McMurtry
- The Cuff Links - Ken Babbs
- Elegy for Ken - Vic Lovell
- Last Rites - Sterling Lord
- "In the Pudding" - Tom Wolfe
- Bus Story #4: "Can I Go with You?" Anonymous Gets on a Bus - Anonymous
- The Prankster Moves On - John Daniel
- Earthshoes - Ken Kesey
- Eulogy for Ken - John Perry Barlow
- Ken - James Baker Hall
- Last Go Round: A Song for Ken Kesey - Rosalie Sorrels
- The White Tent - Eileen Babbs
- A Ceremony of Consolation - Jim Dodge
- A Correspondence - Ken Kesey and Gurney Norman
- Bus Story #5: Further Goes To Sea - Candace Lambrecht
- The Day The Lampshades Breathed - Ed McClanahan
- "Now That's Ken Kesey!" - Kathryn Lawder
- The Boys Octet - Robert STone
- Working With Kesey - David Stanford
- Hoenswaggled - Ken Babbs
- Getting Better: A Radio Interview - Ken Kesey
- An Unheard Melody - John Nance
- Lament For Kesey - Robert Hunter
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