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Ken Kesey on Misconceptions of Counterculture

By NPR — 2011

In his book "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," Tom Wolfe described the escapades of Kesey and the Pranksters as they drove around the country in their Day-Glo school bus. Terry Gross spoke with Ken Kesey in 1989, and asked him what he thought about Wolfe's book and how accurate it was.

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An Introduction to LSD

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A Brief History of Psychedelic Psychiatry

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Welcome to the Trip of Your Life: The Rise of Underground LSD Guides

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Ken Kesey’s visions of a different world set the Sixties in motion.

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