Category: Publications
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Paradise, Nevada
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Read More →: Paradise, NevadaI had thought about it. The American Photography exhibition at the Rijksmuseum. Then my phone via Facebook or Instagram or Osmosis-Goo suggested that I seriously consider buying a ticket, like right now, click the link and chakka-gotcha! The Rijksmuseum sits just around the corner from my apartment, a five minute walk. Motivated, I took the…
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My Hand is Terrible Under the Re-Entry Stress
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Read More →: My Hand is Terrible Under the Re-Entry StressKeith Kumasen Abbott’s friendship with poet John Veglia, aka Nestor Marzipan: “I am now setting out for eccentric perfectionism. But with John gone, I’ll guess I’ll try to inherit at least part of His Quibble Crown. He was the best reader of my work I’ve ever had. Mordecai of Monterey, Harem Scarem and First Thing…
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Reviews of Mordecai of Monterey 1985
Read More →: Reviews of Mordecai of Monterey 1985“Keith Abbott may be called a near-master of the plain-style…..Mordecai of Monterey is a straightforward touching tale…The novel is often funny…always inventive and worth pursuing. Doris Grunbach * “I was so struck by Mordecai’s melanoia I wished to immediately catch it. Aas it is symptomatic of our times that adventures and unpredictability have to be…
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Beat Scene UK
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Read More →: Beat Scene UKBeat Scene UK Winter 2024. Keith Kumasen Abbott’s article “The Dharma Bums – Kerouac’s Dust Jacket Copy” is included among many others. Read it and enjoy! Excerpt: “Kerouac had a remarkably clear vision of the values found in his novel. By stressing the religious and positive aspects of the noelwith its lovefor nature and solitude,…
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18/53 Book of Songs
Read More →: 18/53 Book of SongsA promo card for Mordecai of Monterey, 1985 Excerpt from Mordecai of Monterey by Keith Kumasen Abbott: An hour later Mordecai was standing at the foot of Rita’s stairs. He did not want to be standing there. Mordecai was having his first crisis with his mental disease. He could not believe that his melanoia had…
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Persephone Introduces Rhino Ritz, An American Mystery
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Read More →: Persephone Introduces Rhino Ritz, An American Mystery“A satirical novel that manages to combine both mystery and sci-fi genres….Action aplenty …and fast dialogue.” — L.A. Times Book Review, Dec. 30, 1979 “Keith Abbott is a brilliant, virtuoso writer….He fascinates. He creates and maintains a climate of everyday perfection, and does it by destroying consistency. — Die Zeit, March 11, 1994 “This is…
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Keith Kumasen Abbott Reads of Tales of Oakland and Cocaine
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Read More →: Keith Kumasen Abbott Reads of Tales of Oakland and CocaineKeith Kumasen Abbott reads an excerpt from the novel: “This Music Can Be Heard in Your Area Only”. This fantastic story from the (missing) novel is a reference to Keith’s experiences in the mid 1980’s with his friend, the poet John Veglia (aka Nestor Marzipan). Graphic novelist Mimi Pond produced two books ‘Over Easy” and…
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Mordecai of Monterey re-released
Read More →: Mordecai of Monterey re-releasedIn August 2024 Mordecai of Monterey was re-released and is available in Kindle and paperback on Amazon. Mordecai of Monterey is a comic novel set in 1973, during the height of the Watergate scandale. From the landscape that inspired Cannery Row, the hero Mordecai discovers that he has been gifted with melanoia – the opposite of paranoia.…
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A Package from Keith’s Friend Tim Hildebrand
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Read More →: A Package from Keith’s Friend Tim HildebrandIt is a very kind gesture and I appreciate it. Author and photographer Tim Hildebrand sent package of my father’s materials, books and photos, and even a copy of his own book, Rotwang. I am looking forward to reading it!
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Who Was The Widow Lazarchuk?
Read More →: Who Was The Widow Lazarchuk?In Keith Kumasen Abbott’s comic novel Mordecai of Monterey a character by the name of the Widow Lazarchuk is presented. Knowing that Keith often inserted his friends into his novels, I looked up the name Lazarchuk and came to the conclusion that the Widow Lazarchuk was a bit of a “wink” towards the punk rock…