Roy Kesey
Roy Kesey
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41 years old
Lima, Lima
Peru



Last Login: 11/11/2009
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    Roy Kesey's Interests
GeneralFiction, travel writing, poetry, philosophy.
MusicHendrix, Dvorak, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Brad Mehldau, Satie, Monk, the Stones, Jeff Buckley, Segovia, Radiohead, Ben Folds, Verdi, Elliott Smith, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Coltrane, Green Day, Broonzy, Abigail Washburn, Carmen McRae, They Might Be Giants, Chet Baker, Tori Amos, Bessie Smith.
MoviesKings and Queens, Devil on the Doorstep, Reservoir Dogs, Kontroll, Shower, 2046, The Lives of Others, Dog Day Afternoon, Office Space, The Big Lebowski, Shaun of the Dead, Junebug, The Squid and the Whale, Blade Runner.
TelevisionArrested Development, Mr. Show, The Office (both versions), Rome, The Wire.
BooksAt least one each by Andric and Asturias and Abbey and Agee and Albanov, Borges and Barthelme and Bolaño and Berryman and Beckett and Bell (Madison Smartt) and Bishop (Elizabeth), Calvino and Cortázar and Cheever and Carver and Chekhov and Collins (Billy) and Canetti, Davis (Lydia) and DeLillo and Dostoevsky and Dixon and Durrell, Eggers and Earley and Eliot, Faulkner and Foer and Ford and Fitzgerald and Fuentes, Gass and Greene and Ginzburg (Carlo) and Graham (Jorie) and Gide and Giono and García Márquez, Harte and Hemingway and Heaney and Hannah and Holub, Joyce and Johnson (Denis), Kierkegaard and Kesey (Ken) and Kafka, Lipsyte and Levi and Lutz and Lethem and Lu Xun, Markson and Milosz and Merwin and Millhauser and McPhee and Mann and Mandeville and McCarthy (Cormac), Neruda, O'Brien (Flann and Tim) and O'Connor (Frank and Flannery) and Oquendo de Amat, Percy (Walker) and Powell (Padgett) and Pavic and Prevert and Portis and Pynchon, Robinson (Marilynne) and Rilke and Rorty and Ribeyro and Richard (Mark) and Rulfo, Salinger and Saunders and Suskind and Spinoza and Sebald and Stevens (Wallace), Thomas (Dylan and R.S.) and Tomasi di Lampedusa and Toole, Vonnegut Jr. and Vargas Llosa and Vallejo, Wittgenstein and West (Nathanael) and Woolf and Wallace (David Foster). Plus a bunch of others whose last names may or may not begin with the letters I, Q, U, X, Y or Z.
HeroesThat kid standing in front of that tank. You know the one.

     Roy Kesey's Details
Status:Married
Orientation:Straight
Hometown:Ukiah, CA
Religion:Other
Zodiac Sign:Gemini
Children:Proud parent
Education:College graduate
Occupation:Fiction writer, columnist, teacher.

   Roy Kesey's Schools
Washington College
Chestertown, MD
Graduated: 1991
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Literature and philosophy
 

1990 to 1991
Oxford University
Oxford, S
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Other
Major: Philosophy
 

1989 to 1990
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: None
 

1986 to 1988
Ukiah High
Ukiah, CA
Graduated: 1986
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
 

1982 to 1986



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About me:

This profile was edited with Thomas' myspace editor™ V2.5, and the background image is of a painting that I not so much painted myself as ripped off the web: Barnett Newman's "The Name II." The little cartoon guy on my profile image stands in one corner of the Beijing Sculpture Garden. I like him because his sign says "Please keep off the grass" whereas the machine gun on his shoulder says, "Seriously, man, keep off the fucking grass." Also, his helmet says "garlic" in Spanish. I'm not sure what that's about.

Just in case there's not quite enough of me for you right here, my webpage is only a click away.

Work-wise, I am a fiction writer and a columnist of sorts. Family-wise, I'm a husband, a father, a son.

All Over is my first collection of short stories. It looks like this:

It is Dzanc Books' debut title, and they've given the book its own MySpace page over here. It's nineteen stories long, and includes "Wait," which was first published in The Kenyon Review, and later was picked by Stephen King for inclusion in the Best American Short Stories 2007 anthology.

So far All Over has garnered kind words from reviewers here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.

My first book, a novella called Nothing in the World, looks like this:

Thus far it's gotten review-type love here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. The first edition was published by Bullfight Media in July of 2006; the print run sold out and the book disappeared for a time, but now Dzanc has brought it back to life, and I couldn't be happier.

Now, not that you asked specifically, but here are a few places where these books can be found:

Dzanc, the Very Source

Powell’s the Most Excellent

Ubiquitous Amazon

Barnes and Noble

Borders

Alternatively, you could go to Goodreads, find someone who already has the book, sneak into their house and read it while they’re asleep.

What else. Interviews? By all means: try clicking here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, or way over here.

These days, my favorite litmag is Ninth Letter. (Full disclosure: they've published stories of mine in a few recent issues.) Some other very cool magazines who have published or will soon be publishing my work, in no particular order:

Subtropics, New Orleans Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Indiana Review, American Short Fiction, McSweeney's, The Georgia Review, Prism International, The Mississippi Review, Salt Flats Annual, New York Tyrant, Kenyon Review, Other Voices, Chapman, Harpur Palate, Orchid, Opium, The Greensboro Review, New York Stories, The New England Review, Quarterly West, Pindeldyboz, The Florida Review, The Iowa Review, Epiphany, Land-Grant College Review, Iron Horse, Maisonneuve, Gambara, The New Quarterly, The Madison Review, The Chattahoochee Review, Night Train, Literal Latte, Nimrod, Backwards City Review, Hobart, Dragonfire, Mad Hatters’ Review, ByLine, The God Particle, and RE:AL.

And some excellent litmags who haven’t yet taken my bait:

Tin House, The Paris Review, n+1, Quick Fiction, spork, Isotope, Noon, Zoetrope: All-Story, Failbetter, Open City, Michigan Quarterly Review, Manoa, Mid-American Review, Post Road, Swink, Fence, The Cincinnati Review, Agni, The Missouri Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Sun, Bridge, Bomb, CutBank, Diagram, Five Points, The Believer, Practice, StoryQuarterly, A Public Space, Black Warrior Review, Granta, Image, One Story, Plieades, and The Southern Review.

Attention All Editors Who Are Dying To Get Their Magazines On This List:

I CANNOT BE BOUGHT. I can, however, be rented by the hour, the half-hour, or the fifteen-minute period. Have your people contact my people, preferably via electro-chemical telegraph, because those were cool.

Who I'd like to meet:

Other people who think that there should be a statue of Cormac McCarthy in every town square, that Marilynne Robinson's sentences are so perfect they hurt just a little bit, that Thomas Pynchon is way overdue for a Nobel, that George Saunders' heart encompasses the world.

And more widely: other writers and artists of all kinds, as well as the people who support them by editing, publishing, buying, reading, observing, and/or just generally liking their work.

Good bloggers, too, this goes without saying, yes? A few of my favorites:

Maud Newton, Tod Goldberg, Moorish Girl, Attention. Deficit. Disorder., Bookslut, Gina Frangello, Sue Henderson, Pia Ehrhardt, Dong Resin’s Joint, TMFTML, Riley Dog, and Language Hat.


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The Losers Club

Richard Perez



Oct 31 2009 1:34 AM

Hey Roy, if it's not too early ....

Happy Halloween!...
Michelle

Michelle Ford



Sep 20 2009 1:28 AM

Thanks for the "ADD."
THE TORONTO QUARTERLY MAGAZINE

Darryl Salach



Jun 11 2009 9:02 PM

My literary magazine, The Toronto Quarterly - Issue 2 and 3 are now available at amazon.com. There's some great poetry in each issue along with some cool interviews with up and coming and more established poets. Here is the link:

http://www.amazon.com/TORONTO-QUARTERLY-ISSUE-THREE-Darryl-Salach/dp/B002ACXDO6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244730338&sr=8-1

Darryl
Kyra Davis

Kyra Davis



Jun 6 2009 3:58 AM

Happy Early Birthday! Be sure to use the whole week for celebration...on second thought take the whole month...you can never celebrate too much ; )
Shrews

Steven Shrewsbury



Mar 4 2009 9:06 PM

Have a killer week <br />Steven
Heather Fowler

Heather Fowler



Feb 18 2009 6:34 AM

Hi Roy,

Just popping in to say it was great to get to meet you in person at AWP. :) Looking forward to reading your book. It is sitting noticeably on my preferred coffee table. All best and warmest, H
Sheryl Monks

Sheryl Monks



Dec 15 2008 6:17 PM

Hi, Roy. Thanks for re-friending me.
Wendy Nelson Tokunaga

Wendy Tokunaga



Nov 30 2008 6:00 AM

Thanks for being a tomodachi (friend)!
Aline

Aline



Oct 27 2008 7:17 AM

Coucou Roy !
Merci pour ta réponse !
Je crois que cela fait 15 ans !
Au plaisir d' avoir de tes nouvelles,
Aline.
Literate Machine

Literate Machine



Oct 21 2008 8:25 PM

Thank you for adding us! Please visit our new site for independent comics, eBooks, artwork & magazines: www.literatemachine.com
Heather Louise

Heather   Louise



Sep 5 2008 12:58 PM

Thanks so much for adding my profile

Hope your having a wonderful day!

Heather Louise X
Oronte Churm

Oronte Churm



Aug 19 2008 1:57 AM

Take it from a former frogman: Blow bubbles. If they rise up, go flat and skitter away, you've been duped by the mirror. If they break into the sun, you're good. Also: Pee in your wetsuit; it feels GREAT.
Oronte Churm

Oronte Churm



Aug 18 2008 7:36 PM

Whither goest thou, baby?
GODZILLA!!!

GOdzIlla King all Monsters



Aug 11 2008 4:55 AM

ARIGATO.... GRACIAS... MERCI... OBRIGADO... DANKE... GRAZIE... THANKS FOR ADD ROY-SAN!
Claudia

Claudia



Jun 10 2008 2:55 PM

Hi Roy, happy day-after-your-birthday
Ross Blanchard

Ross Blanchard



Jun 10 2008 4:11 AM

Happy Birthday, Roy. You're exactly one year ahead of me - do a little recon on the other side of forty for me, will ya?

- Ross
Carolann B

Carolann B



Jun 10 2008 1:20 AM

Hi Roy,
Looks as though I just missed your Birthday - Happy Belated Birthday Wishes from the UK
Regards
Carolann
Carolann B

Carolann B



Jun 10 2008 1:17 AM

Thanks for inviting me into your world. I'm glad you're part of mine. Look forward to meeting you somewhere along the way.
Love Carolann B
www.carolannb.co.uk
Tune In Every month [3rd Friday at 8:00pm UK repeated Saturday at 5:00pm UK] for My Show 'Ladies Night' on www.ukcountryradio.com
Karen Harrington

Karen Harrington



Jun 9 2008 8:17 PM

Happy Birthday to you!
Shaindel

Shaindel Beers



Jun 9 2008 3:10 PM

Happy Birthday! May it be a peaceful and prosperous one :-)
Valerie Fausone

Valerie Fausone



Jun 9 2008 1:49 PM

Happy Birthday Roy!

My Best-

Valerie Fausone
Leslie Mills

Leslie Mills



Jun 8 2008 4:36 PM

happy birthday!
michelle

michelle larks



Jun 8 2008 2:46 AM

Hi Roy,

Happy Birthday!

Blessings,

Michelle Larks
Susan

Susan Droney



Jun 7 2008 11:57 AM

Happy Birthday!

Susan
Adoptee's Voice

Adoptee's Voice



May 31 2008 3:14 PM

Thanks for the add,
Anne
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