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The truth about child abuse exposed: you'll scowl and then you'll laugh until you cry, and then you'll laugh again and only occasionally return to the scowl.  And then you'll probably just wonder why we perpetuate the practices of anger and violence.
Larry's new book is here.  Click here for a very special offer.  Signed by the author upon request.
CURRENT MOON
 
COMING SOON: A NEW BOOK OF POETRY (52 pages), retail $6.99.
 
Also soon to appear in a new edition (click on photo below to read the text), retail $6.99:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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JP Houston is back in the Mojave Desert!
Carol Sklenicka's book on Raymond Carver is a must read (cf. Appendix 1 in Piker).  The definitive biography to date of one of the 20th Century's greatest writers of short stories, essays, and poetry.  Read about the transformation from poverty, abuse, and a shameful, ignored existence, and how it's possible to rise from that to a position of respect.  It doesn't really matter, of course, if you "wind up," as we say, being a trashman, a surgeon, or a writer.  What matters is probably something akin to, "Saying Yes to Life."  This is a stimulating read.

Joshua Tree Saloon All Stars every Tuesday from 8:00 p.m.  Open mic.  Master of Ceremonies: Ted Quinn.  Come early; stay late for the most fun!
 
 
 
Obstinate Air:  Poems on Beating the Wind read in its entirety by Larry, with commentary on each of the poems.  Filmed through Ustream.tv/larryfike on August 25, 2010.  It's long, but it's here, and it's free.
 
 
 
 
Larry May and Larry Fike were on KCDZ, 107.7 FM, Sunday, August 22, 2010, with host Ted Quinn doing a live, in studio set, with requisite banter, between 4 and 6 p.m. Pappy & Harriet's on Monday night, followed by Joshua Tree Saloon, Tuesday night. 

Larry May's CD is now available at a special price.  Limited special offer and quantities.  Hear two free sample tracks and see the complete playlist here.  All music by Larry May; lyrics by Larry May and in four instances, by Larry Fike.  Music, like life, is a collaborative enterprise when lived at its best.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shari Elf rolls...  Visit her world-famous Crochet Museum.  Enjoy the Joshua Tree vibe in her tribal environment w
hile world-class musicians and visual artists strut their stuff.
 
Tim Easton - American Original.  Enough said.  See him on Sundays (often enough) at Pappy & Harriet's - when he's not on tour.
 










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Author JOHN STOVER joined us on Saturday, May 15, 8:00 p.m., to read from his books, ROADRUNNER and his new book, COMMON CENTS.  Both of his books reveal in fairly graphic detail both the hardships involved in not confronting problems like addiction, as well as the common lot of the disenfranchised within a society like our own.