Kesey
Britishnoun
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Army basic-training instructor, he became a trendsetter in California’s 1960s alternative culture, hanging out with Ken Kesey, designing multimedia happenings and, in 1968, launching the Whole Earth Catalog.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Ken Kesey said, "You sit down and you write a book"— never done that.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2022
In 1962, he met Kesey, author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” and Kesey’s band of Merry Pranksters while at Stanford University as part of a creative writing fellowship, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2021
In 2011 he married Norma Faye Kesey, Ken Kesey’s widow, and she moved in with Mr. McMurtry and Ms. Ossana.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2021
Not that Mr. Kesey would ever notice, Roy thought.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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