Joyce Keveren has written six novels and one volume of short stories and one volume of poetry. This is her second volume of poetry. I had fun writing this book of poetry. When editing it, I realized there was a lot of anger being expressed, but it is the truth, so I will not change it. I try to always tell the truth in my spoken and written words. Again, if any of the content in this volume of poetry upsets, disturbs, or offends any of my readers, I understand. I too am often upset, disturbed, or offended by what I write. I hope you enjoy reading this poetry as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Adrian has fallen in love with a man, who seems almost impossibly perfect for her,She has a new better paying job modeling underwear and she has just learned that herBeloved father is not dead as reported, but in the Amazon searching for a miracleMedication with an ancient medicine man and falling in love with a naked jungleTeenager. What could possibly go wrong? Does Cole Slaugh, the handsome FBI agentWho has fallen in love with her while tailing her and her lover knows?Joyce Keveren is a writer, painter, semi-hermit and mother of four grown childrenWho is currently living in Phoenix, Arizona.I was raised on my grandfather's isolated cattle ranch in northeastern Wyoming. I lived for twenty years on the Zuni Indian Reservation in west central New Mexico where I raised my four children. I am now living in the city of Phoenix Arizona.I have been writing since I was very young, have self-published 4 novels.
Parts of some of these stories are true or partly true or based on something somebody else told me was true, so pretty much, these stories are fiction. And I'm glad about that. I like to write fiction for two reasons: 1. I can do most of the research in my head, which is fun, and 2. Fiction is often more truthful than non-fiction. It can afford to be as it takes little responsibility as the disclaimer in the front of the book tells you. That's freedom of speech at work which we all need and love. Even if it's a raving, ranting piece of borderline insane rage or a declaration of freedom and love, that freedom is a good thing. Especially for writers. And all other people.
Whey Bland, carpetbagger from Xerox, a planet somewhere in the vast reaches of the Milky Way, reluctantly comes to Earth on a mission that requires that he become president of the United States. His spaceship lands in the high plains country of New Mexico on a small Pueblo reservation where he meets Tom John Tom, a Navajo sheepherder who becomes his friend and advisor, guide and helper in a new world. He soon meets Eric MacBrody, a horny young man and general screw-up whose occasional home is the reservation drunk tank and Erica, Eric's wild and beautiful twin sister who promptly falls in love with him. He also meets Philander, Eric's party companion who is a young Navajo cowboy and computer genius. Eden Reclaimed is the story of how these new friends with the help of a trio of personal advisors from Xerox help Whey to complete his mission.
A beautiful and accessible collection of quotes and short extracts taken from the major works of James Joyce: Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, with additional quotes from Joyce's poetry & letters. Best-Loved Joyce is a collection of the writer's wit and wisdom on truth, love, family, art, literature, music, living, religion, mortality, history, politics, and Ireland. Grand-nephew Bob Joyce's introduction focuses on the life, works and the man.
Max arrives in Dog Leg, Arizona, population 823, a town that calls itself The Poor Man's Eden, nine months pregnant, in labor, running from an abusive boyfriend and family tragedy. Will the citizens of Dog Leg, that rainbow assortment of multicolored people accept her and her baby?
The Fourth World City of Delights, that dilapidated mobile homeless shelter, drug rehab, haven for the heartbroken, and dubious moving safe house of the Witness Dislocation Program disguised as a carnival is temporary home to an unlikely group of refugees. Wanda, the tattooed fat lady who runs the show, is running from her past, yet longing for the daughter she left behind. Ivy Knowes, the beautiful young heiress and sometime psychic is running from the pain and betrayal of her handsome but faithless Sioux lover. Andy Darling, the handsome, young, almost James Dean look-alike who leaves his dysfunctional family and his ranch home in Wyoming to join the City of Delights is sure of nothing except his budding love for Ivy. Max Mayfield, owner of the carnival, is hiding from a dangerous past that threatens his very life. Mr. Tso, the old Navajo who is friend and teacher to Ivy, guides and helps them all to find their way. Moonwalker, Sioux warrior and friend to Crazy Horse, is the irksome, behind the scenes agitator and manipulator from the Spirit World who is actively seeking the home he always wanted, too. It is his none too subtle machinations that will determine the fate of them all.
Adrian has fallen in love with a man, who seems almost impossibly perfect for her,She has a new better paying job modeling underwear and she has just learned that herBeloved father is not dead as reported, but in the Amazon searching for a miracleMedication with an ancient medicine man and falling in love with a naked jungleTeenager. What could possibly go wrong? Does Cole Slaugh, the handsome FBI agentWho has fallen in love with her while tailing her and her lover knows?Joyce Keveren is a writer, painter, semi-hermit and mother of four grown childrenWho is currently living in Phoenix, Arizona.I was raised on my grandfather's isolated cattle ranch in northeastern Wyoming. I lived for twenty years on the Zuni Indian Reservation in west central New Mexico where I raised my four children. I am now living in the city of Phoenix Arizona.I have been writing since I was very young, have self-published 4 novels.
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