Synopsis: I had fun writing these poems. I always love to write even when it keeps me awake at night. I hope my readers enjoy reading this book as much as I enjoyed writing it. I set a few limits on subject matter and I listen to everyone I meet to get material. Everyone has wonderful stories to tell and I save them in my mind for use in my writing.Autobiography: Joyce Keveren is a writer and artist who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. She has written 7 novels, one coll...

Synopsis: Lila Malone, a half-Navajo, half-Irish girl, has just lost both her parents. She is grieving and lonely, but manages to get her teaching degree and takes a job in an elementary school in Wyoming, far from her Navajo family and away from the high country of Arizona that she loves, in an attempt to distance herself from the loss and try to heal. There she meets Charlie Horse, the janitor of the school, who is an old Lakota Sioux man who befriends her and takes her to meet his famil...

Parts of some of these stories are true or partly true or based on somethingsomebody else told me was true, so pretty much, these stories are fiction.And I'm glad about that. I like to write fiction for two reasons:I can do most of the research in my head, which is fun, andFiction is often more truthful than non-fiction. It can afford to beas it takes little responsibility as the disclaimer in the front of the...

Synopsis: I love writing, even when it keeps me up at night. It is always fun for me. I hope my readers enjoy reading this collection of poetry. I try to tell the truth in my writing and as you readers all know, the truth can often be brutal, so if any of the content of this book offends, upsets or disturbs any of you, please know that I too am often upset, disturbed and offended by what I write.Autobiography: Joyce Keveren has written 7 novels, one collection of ...

Book synopsis: I had fun writing these poems. I hope my readers enjoy reading them, too. They are truthful and real and from my memory and my heart as well as my head.Autobiography: Joyce Keveren has written 7 novels and one collection of short stories, and this is her fourth collection of poetry. Her books are available on Amazon and her writer's website at jkeveren.com.

Synopsis: Ava and Carl, born on the same day, raised together on isolated ranches in northern Wyoming, are expected to grow up and marry each other, but there are problems; one, Ava hates marriage, and two, Carl, even though he's deeply embedded in the closet, is gay. Ava and Jimmy, Carl's roommate at Casper College in Wyoming, decide to get Carl out of the closet by transferring to UNM in Albuquerque, New Mexico, far from home where they meet an assortment of people; Chuy, the Hi...

Book synopsis:Father A has found God and wants to be relieved of his duties as a priest. He is working on the homeless problem in Phoenix, the city where he lives, and he has recruited help from among the homeless population itself. This is the story of that colorful group of people and their attempts to help him not only to be defrocked, but to house, clothe and feed the homeless like themselves.Autobiography:Joyce Keveren has wri...

Book synopsis:I reread part of Sweetgrass, one of the other poetry books I have written and I thought, well, that's some profound B.S. in there, not to mention those screaming examples of OCD that a psychiatrist would notice, and some of those odd rhyming patterns, here-to-fore most likely unknown to man, like a motorboat speeding over choppy waters or a stuttering drunk, but then I remembered how much fun it was to write. This last one was fun to write too. I hope all three of my ...

Joyce Keveren has written six novels and one volume of short stories and one volume of poetry. This is her second volume of poetry.I had fun writing this book of poetry. When editing it, I realized there was a lot of anger being expressed, but it is the truth, so I will not change it. I try to always tell the truth in my spoken and written words. Again, if any of the content in this volume of poetry upsets, disturbs, or offends any of my readers, I understand. I too am often upset,...

Max arrives in Dog Leg, Arizona, population 823, a town that calls itself The Poor Man’s Eden, nine months pregnant, in labor, running from an abusive boyfriend and family tragedy. Will the citizens of Dog Leg, that rainbow assortment of multicolored people accept her and her baby?

Autobiography: Joyce Keveren is an artist and writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. She has written 9 novels and one volume of short stories. This is her seventh volume of poetry.