Like collectors, they acknowledge that before something can be remembered it has to be dismembered, de-limbed, cut off or separated from—so as to remember—itself. Like a shoebox of secrets kept under the bed, Sea Monkey's chapters are unnumbered. The result is a compulsive, propulsive collection of found memories blurred by amnesia and sharpened by desire. Lots of pranks, lots of booze, drugs, dogs and guns. There was, after all, after all, no precedent in the '60s and '70s for the divorces and dead-beat dads, the flood of available sex and contraband and random acts of violence and betrayal that occurred on a national—and thus psychic—scale.
The myth of American ingenuity, experimentation and adventures becomes an increasingly distant and Benzedrine-addled memory.
When in doubt, the poet calls for either a shoring up, or a shelling of the ruins, and possibly both. Praise the lord and pass the Cheese Spread. So pictures tell a thousand lies. And little boys in cowboy hats grow up to drop acid and spin platters and fall off camels far from home.
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These artists have reached their limit in all directions, back into traditions and forward into uncertain futures. Well into her 30s, silent film star Mary Pickford was the waif-iest waif in film history, and the number of convincing variations she wrung on this theme is remarkable.
Richard Tognetti reflects on synergising music and film with the cello-like voice of narrator Willem Dafoe in his work for Jennifer Peedom's gorgeous documentary, Mountain. The rootsy releases of prove that Americana is and always has been experiencing a Rainbow Wave. Considering its YA audience, Markus Zusak's Bridge of Clay is a superb and accessible gateway to developing critical literacy skills. Popmatters is wholly independently owned and operated. Honest, funny, and at times heartbreaking, Sea Monkeys is the no-holds-barred tale of one of our most exciting contemporary authors' own coming of age, and the perfect follow-up to Saknussemm's Zanesville, which Booklist hailed as one of the most creative, edgy, and entertaining novels spawned in a decade.
Bowling lessons with a hunchback. These are just a few of the luminous characters and conjurings Kris Saknussemm delivers in his kaleidoscopic Sea Monkeys--the story of his growing up in the counterculture San Francisco Bay Area and central California in thes. Known for his genre-bending works 'Zanesville' and 'Private Midnight', Saknussemm now gives us a highly original take on the nonfiction memoir, in which he shatters the stained glass windows of his father's church and mixes the pieces with ghost cartoons, the Cronkite contradictions of Civil Rights demonstrations, and ads for laxatives during a strange hiatus in American sanity when Sly Stone and Perry Como could both be in the Top Honest, funny, and at times heartbreaking, Sea Monkeys is the no-holds-barred tale of one of our most exciting contemporary authors' own coming of age, and the perfect follow-up to Saknussemm's 'Zanesville', which 'Booklist' hailed as "one of the most creative, edgy, and entertaining novels spawned in a decade.
Praise for Sea Monkeys "It's immediately evident that we're dealing with a poet who's operating in a sublimely blurred space between poetry and prose The autobiographical sketches that cover the author's early adult years are full of the sort of boozing, drugging and sexcapades one would naturally expect from an alcoholic preacher's son. Highlights from these years include the author's stint as a soul radio DJ "Mr. Very Late Night" and a Henry Miller--esque romp through Saknussemm's many sexual conquests as a randy college professor.
A wonderfully warped grab bag of memories from a wilder and weirder time.
Sea Monkeys: A Memory Book [Kris Saknussemm] on www.farmersmarketmusic.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Bowling lessons with a hunchback. A bizarre. Editorial Reviews. From Booklist. The author of four ingeniously original novels, including the Sea Monkeys: A Memory Book by [Saknussemm, Kris].
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J working the graveyard shift at a black radio station, is a superb piece of writing We're all of our selves we've ever been.