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    Death and Modern Kitchens
    Death and Modern Kitchens
    Death and Modern Kitchens
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    Death and Modern Kitchens

    By Jeffery W. McKelroy

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    In the 1950s and 60s Beat writing was at the core of American literature. Writers such as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Gary Snyder challenged conventional writing and urged everyone to think in a different way. They honed their craft at City Lights Publishing in San Francisco and met after hours at a bar next door called the Vesuvio to argue art, music and politics. They changed the way people thought, what they read and even how they dressed. They allowed writers such as Charles Bukowski the ability to be accepted by the main stream. Eventually the movement died out and today is largely forgotten. Death and Modern Kitchens is a study on Beat poetry but also an honest observance of the human condition. In many ways it says what we are thinking but are not allowed to say.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJul 6, 2016
    ISBN9781524616991
    Death and Modern Kitchens
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    Jeffery W. McKelroy

    Jeffery McKelroy is the author of the book American Ghost-True Ghost Stories from around the country. He grew up on the streets of downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, the heart of music, art and culture in America. At an early age he became a fan of literature and decided to become a writer. Although with no money for college, he decided to enlist in the Coast Guard and began a 24 year journey that would take him around the world. During this time he never lost site of his dream and spent any idle time at sea writing everything down. Over the years he became a student of history but most of all, the human condition and the experiences and emotions that make us all who we are. Jeffery McKelroy earned the Coast Guard Achievement Medal during search and rescue efforts during Hurricane Katrina and has a degree in Electrical Engineering.

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      Death and Modern Kitchens - Jeffery W. McKelroy

      © 2016 Jeffery W. McKelroy. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 07/05/2016

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-1700-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-1699-1 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2016910811

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      CONTENTS

      Foreword

      Some Saturday Summer: San Francisco

      Tiny Dinosaur: Sebastopol, CA.

      Hangover: New Orleans

      Gin and Nightfall: New Orleans

      Oklahoma City Airport

      She Said

      Sebastopol

      Spider

      Box Car Drinking: New Orleans, LA.

      Dirt Nap: Denham Springs, LA.

      1am: Denham Springs, LA.

      Macaroni Dinosaur: Baton Rouge, LA

      Rainy Day in Miami

      Johnny

      Aquarium Rocks

      Sick Bed

      Storm: San Francisco, CA.

      Dirt Road: Vicksburg, MS.

      1975: New Orleans, LA.

      Rain: New Orleans, LA.

      Full Moon: San Francisco, CA.

      Dreaming: Sebastopol, CA.

      Rain in the Quarter: New Orleans, LA.

      Flannigan’s Pub: New Orleans, LA.

      Going for a Walk: Vicksburg, MS.

      Walking in San Francisco

      Small Dreams: Galveston, TX.

      Clover Grill Shuffle: New Orleans, LA.

      Drinking on the Levee: New Orleans, LA.

      Star: Tucumcari, NM.

      Rats: New Orleans, LA.

      Greasers: Galveston, TX.

      Moving Sale this Saturday!: Denham Springs, LA

      Drinking Makes You Think Funny Things: San Francisco, CA.

      St Philip & Bourbon: New Orleans, LA.

      Tin Roof: Memory Of Oklahoma

      Shuffle Finds His Hat: New Orleans, LA.

      Drinking With My Hat: New Orleans, LA.

      Mrs. Arceneaux: Baton Rouge, LA.

      Martini Time in Galveston: Galveston, TX.

      Graveyard Shuffle: New Orleans, LA.

      St John’s Bridge: New Orleans, LA.

      Phone Call: Kodiak, AK.

      Two Eggs Over Medium: New Orleans, LA.

      Jimmy Said: New Orleans, LA.

      Angela: New Orleans, LA.

      Lost Dog: Lafayette, LA.

      Drunk in the Quarter a Few Months After Katrina: New Orleans, LA.

      Late Night Window Creeper: Galveston, TX.

      Jenny: Denham Springs, LA.

      New Shipment of Polka Dot Luggage: Natchez, MS.

      Rainy Day at the A&P: New Orleans, LA.

      Swagger: New Orleans, LA.

      Tijuana Cat Toss: Galveston, TX.

      Coffee and Old Books: New Orleans, LA.

      FOREWORD

      This book is a collection of stories and poems written over a ten year period in various places during various conditions, physical, mental, emotional, etc. I never set out to be a poet and in truth find most poetry about as hard to digest as a nickel. I have, although, always wanted to be a writer, even as a child. I think I was around ten years old when I started writing short stories. I was about fourteen when my English teacher told me I would never be a writer. Of course she was sleeping with a High School football player so that tells you what she knew. After high school I didn’t write much. I was forced to join the Army by my desire to eat. It was the end of the 1st Gulf War. I left as soon as I could. I was a good soldier but it wasn’t for me. I worked several jobs, radio DJ, prison guard, machine shop monkey, etc. For some reason I got married and joined the Coast Guard. I guess it was what I thought I was supposed to do. While I was stationed in Alaska I started writing again. It was 1997. I bought my first computer for $2,000.00. I was eventually assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless in Galveston, Texas. My marriage fell apart and I found myself living in a loft apartment on the Strand with a towel, a plate, a fork and my computer. During this time I drank heavy, sailed around the Caribbean and wrote. I kept writing and two years after riding out hurricane Katrina in New Orleans I published my first book, American Ghost. Shortly after I moved to the west coast but during my time in California I also participated in the earthquake recovery efforts in Haiti and the oil spill cleanup after the BP Deep Water Horizon disaster. I never really intended to publish any of this. These

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