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Spit In The Ocean

Spit In The Ocean was a literary journal published by Ken Kesey between 1974 and 1981. The first issue was edited by Kesey. The subsequent five editions had guest editors. Following Kesey's death a seventh edition was published celebrating his life and work.

Related pages : Ken Kesey bibliography | Merry Pranksters/On The Bus bibliography | Neal Cassady bibliography

Spit In The Ocean: Issues 1 to 6

Spit in the Ocean #1: Old In The Streets

Editor: Ken Kesey

1974, Pleasant Hill

Contributions by Nella Novak, Margo St. James, Ray Andrews, Wendell Berry, Walt Curtis, Lee Quarnstrom, Ken Kesey, Margaret Burgin, Laurence Gonzales, Henry Crow Dog, John Weigel, Ken Babbs, Mary Woods, Paul Sawyer, Gene Detro, Paul Krassner, Eve Merriam and Grandma Whittier.

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Spit in the Ocean #2: Getting There From Here

Editor: My

1976, Pleasant Hill

Contributions from Studs T. Erkel, Ken Kesey, Gurney Norman, Nancy Jack Todd, My, Kate Millett, Peter Steel Byers, Mary Moreau & Alan Pesin, Ken Babbs, Harry Pesin, Walt Curtis, Laurence Gonzales, John Holt, Stewart Brand, Marioin Sanders and Grandma Whittier.

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Spit in the Ocean #3: Communication With Higher Intelligence

Editor: Dr. Tim Leary

1977, Pleasant Hill

Contributions from Timothy Leary, Ken Kesey, Saul-Paul Sirag, Tim Hildebrand, Diane Ackerman, Jack Sarfatti, Ken Babbs, Neil Freer, James Logue, Tapani Knuutila, Joanna Leary and Grandma Whittier.

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Spit in the Ocean #4: Straight From The Guts

Editor: Lee Marrs

1977, Pleasant Hill

Contributions from Grace Harwood, Marilyn Hill, Happy Hyder, Allie Light, Lee Marrs, Mugsy Peabody, Kathy Reilley, Shelby Sampson, Phyllis Speros, Grandma Whittier & Ken Kesey.

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Spit in the Ocean #5: The Pyramid Issue

Editor: Richard and Elaine Loren

1979, Pleasant Hill

Contributions from Ken Kesey, Paul Krassner, Grandma Whittier and Richard and Elaine Loren. A number of the articles include references to the Grateful Dead tour to Egypt in 1978.

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Spit in the Ocean #6: The Cassady Issue

Editor: Ken Babbs

1980, Pleasant Hill

A special Neal Cassady issue which included previously unpublished autobiographical material by Cassady. Other contributors were John Clellon Holmes, Larry McMurtry, Katrina Daniels, Jane Burton, Diane Kesey, Anne Murphy, Malcolm McGillicuddy, Stewart Barnd, Jerry Garcia, William Burroughs, "Ramrod" Shurtliff, Carolyn Cassady, Ken Kesey, Grandma Whittier and Ron Bevirt. The short piece by Garcia, Behind The Wheel With Neal, is a reminiscence of a drive home with Cassady after an Acid Test.

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Spit In The Ocean: Issue 7

Spit in the Ocean #7: All About Kesey

Editor: Ed McClanahan

2003, Penguin

Contributions from Robert Stone, Paul Krassner, Wendell Berry, Bill Walton, Robert Hunter and John Perry Barlow. Also includes a number of pieces by Kesey. Introduction by Gus Sant.

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