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The Voltaic Yoo-Hoo Acid Testnew

A half-forgotten mystery writer's cranium-busting novel tantalizes and antagonizes.
The Village Voice  |  Devin McKinney  |  01-25-2006  |  Books
Tags: Harry Stephen Keeler, The Riddle of the Traveling Skull

Fifty Years After His Disappearance, Poet Lives Onnew

Renewed attention to Weldon Kees is a peculiar literary revival tale, in which one enthusiast after another seems to discover his own life story in Kees, then proselytizes on behalf of the forgotten poet.
SF Weekly  |  Matt Smith  |  08-02-2005  |  Books
Tags: suicide, San Francisco, Nebraska, Anthony Lane, BBC producer Daisy Goodwin, Charlie Campbell, cult of Kees, Dana Gioia -- music critic emeritus of San Francisco magazine, Golden Gate Bridge, hypomania, James Reidel, Weldon Kees
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