Table Of ContentSpit in the OceanWavy Gravy - Haiku for Kesey Gus Van Sant - Shazam! (Foreword) Ed McClanahan - R.I.P., Spit in the Ocean, 1973-2003 (Introduction) Michael Strelow - All That Hoo-Ha Ken Kesey - A Letter to Jim Wolpman Paul Krassner - Kesey's Last Prank Patrice Mackey - It's the Kids Douglas Brinkley - Majic Bus Meets Further II Walt Curtis - The Way It Is Lewis Nordan, from an Interview with Jeremy L. C. Jones - "Here Came a White Cadillac!" Ken Kesey - Karma (and Other Sermons) George Walker - Bus Story #1: Definitely the Bus Bill Walton - The Point Man Ken Babbs - The Diverticulum Paul Zarzyski - Two Poems Lee Quarnstrom - A State of Grace Ken Kesey - Departures: Three Heavies Take Their Leave Wendell Berry - Kentucky River Junction: A Letter and a Poem Chloe Scott - Bus Story #2: NO Furthur Hunter S. Thompson - Walking with the King Glen Love - The Words on the Page Ken Babbs - The Tooth Pat Monaghan - The Character: McMurphy Goes to High School... and Gets an A Ken Kesey, from an Interview with Mike Finoia - "Wrong Way! Go Back!" Happy (with a little help from Genie Murphy) - I Am Kesey's Dog Larry McMurtry - Bus Story #3: Stark Gets Off the Bus Ken Babbs - The Cuff Links Vic Lovell - Elegy for Ken Sterling Lord - Last Rites Tom Wolfe - "In the Pudding" Anonymous, from an Interview with Rick Dodgson - Bus Story #4: "Can I Go with You?" Anonymous Gets on a Bus John Daniel - The Prankster Moves On Ken Kesey - Earthshoes John Perry Barlow - Eulogy for Ken James Baker Hall - Ken Rosalie Sorrels - Last Go Round: A Song for Ken Kesey Eileen Babbs - The White Tent Jim Dodge - A Ceremony of Consolation Ken Kesey and Gurney Norman - A Correspondence Candace Lambrecht - Bus Story #5: Further Goes to Sea Ed McClanahan - The Day the Lampshades Breathed Kathryn Lawder - "Now THAT'S Ken Kesey!" Robert Stone - The Boys Octet David Stanford - Working with Kesey Ken Babbs - Hornswoggled Ken Kesey - Getting Better: A Radio Interview Conducted by Sharon Wood, with John Nance and Paul Pintarich John Nance - An Unheard Melody (Photo Essay) Robert Hunter - Lament for Kesey Brer Kesey's Words to the Wise
SynopsisBetween 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 Spit as 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 #7 is a loving and fitting homage to the gigantic and unique spirit of the merriest of the Merry Pranksters.