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About the Book

About the Author

Keith Robert Van Norman...of no permanent address. Self-proclaimed macaroni and cheese expert. chef to the stars. 3-time Denver air-hockey champion. can fart his own name. likes to roll down hills and play frisbee. well-read white trash. often finds himself drunk in a corner building forts out of empty Guinness pint glasses. was the first ever black woman to play third base for the Yankees in 1943. can skank for hours given the proper music. has three arms and no sense of smell. is seven hundred years old (givertake). parental supervision is strongly advised. is housebroken (to a point). travels well. can’t type for shit. has seen a lot of Dan Bern shows. can recite the alphabet correctly nine out of ten times. doesn’t believe in france. would just as soon prefer to not write about himself. is best appreciated downwind. This is his first novel. Essays he’s written include: Frank and Baseball (aka-Hoboken) Pavlov’s Virtual Pet versus Skinner’s Furby Bulls, Bears, and Emus Expatriate troubadours and other urban myths Houston (an interview) Demo Derby Yer mom Notes from the Corner Pub in Auburn He assisted in editing Fanzines including: KAZOO Chicken Shit He’s written two songs (other than Song for Martha): Joyride on the Zamboni (aka-Song for Gabe) Please don’t drink the sour milk Canned Iced Tea (but don’t ask him to sing, trust me on that one)