SELECTED PUBLICATIONS | Ken Kakareka

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NOVELS

Black Rose Writing, Late to Bed, Late to Rise (2013) Out of Print

Alien Buddha Press, SUMMER OF IRRESPONSIBILITY (2023)

SHORT STORIES

Lost Lake Folk Opera Magazine Vol. 5, #1 & Conceit Magazine Vol. 12 - #141, “Cabron” (2018)

Ink & Voices (defunct), “The Brownstone Cafe” (2018)

Spontaneous Spirits Magazine Vol. 8, #26, “40 Minutes” (2019)

Conceit Magazine Vol. 14 - #164, “Sensitive” (2020)

Conceit Magazine Vol. 13 - #155, “My Teaching Career: A Tribute to Stephen Leacock” (2020)

Burnt Pine Magazine Issue 7, “Termites” (2021)

POETRY

Conceit Magazine Vol. 13 - #148, “What’s Yours?” (2019)

Conceit Magazine Vol. 13 - #147, “Posthumous Writer” (2019)

Conceit Magazine Vol. 13 - #147, “Calling” (2019)

Conceit Magazine Vol. 13 - #156, “A lot” (2020)

Conceit Magazine Vol. 13 - #156, “Air” (2020)

Conceit Magazine Vol. 13 - #156, “Time” (2020)

Conceit Magazine Vol. 13 - #156, “Trapped” (2020)

Amulet Magazine Vol. 17, #177, “Men And Their Fathers” (2020)

Amulet Magazine Vol. 17, #177, “Pennsylvania” (2020)

Amulet Magazine Vol. 17, #177, “Numb” (2020)

DoveTales Journal Resistance Issue 3, “White Privilege” (2020)

HASH Journal, “Waste of $12 Dollars” (2020)

The Vital Sparks Journal, “Climb” (2020)

Route 7 Review Issue 8, “Queen California Karma” (2020)

Bluepepper Journal, “My Love” (2021)

Sandstorm Journal, “Pandemic Walls” & “A Long Poem” (2021)

Spectra Poets, ".Period" (2021)

In Parentheses Vol. 7, Issue 1, "Get Through" & "Memories" (2021)

Moida Magazine Culture Issue 1, "Away" & "Little Mexico" (2021)

DoveTales Journal, “Word,” “Start Over” & "Death Note" (2021)

Conceit Magazine Vol. 15 - #176, "Tip" (2021)

Gargoyle Magazine, “Education” & “Numb” (2021)

Spontaneous Spirits Magazine Vol. 10, #30, "poem within a poem," "white-washed" & "Snapshot" (2021)

Conceit Magazine Vol. 15 - #177, "who's there?" (2021)

Mortal Magazine, "Route 66" *forthcoming

Horror Sleaze Trash, "Diction" (2022)

Horror Sleaze Trash, "Jam" (2022)

The Beatnik Cowboy, "Second-hand Smoke" (2022)

The Beatnik Cowboy, "William Taylor Jr." (2022)

The Beatnik Cowboy, "civilization" (2023)

Horror Sleaze Trash, "William Taylor Jr." (2023)

Horror Sleaze Trash, "About Mid-day" (2023)

The Beatnik Cowboy, "i did" (2023)

Horror Sleaze Trash, "Perseverance" (2023)

Gargoyle Magazine, "Some Events in October," "ticket," & "Nothing New" (2023)

The Beatnik Cowboy, "Narrative" (2023)

Horror Sleaze Trash, "Fuckin' Pussy Licker" (2023)

Horror Sleaze Trash, "Burned and Damned" (2023)

Bluepepper Journal, "For You" (2023)

The Beatnik Cowboy, "Q&A" (2023)

The Beatnik Cowboy, "Priming" (2023)

Horror Sleaze Trash, "Purple Tea" (2023)

The Beatnik Cowboy, "Turnaround" (2023)

Horror Sleaze Trash, "2023" (2023)

Horror Sleaze Trash, "Royal Flush" (2023)

The Beatnik Cowboy, "Twitter War" (2023)

Horror Sleaze Trash, "Sex" (2023)

New Pop Lit, "The Crow" (2023)

The Beatnik Cowboy, "Something" (2023)

The Gorko Gazette, "How I Learned to Write" & "Ruins" (2023)

Gabby & Min's Literary Review, "Inclusivity" (2023)

A Thin Slice of Anxiety, 5 poems (2023)

The Beatnik Cowboy, 3 poems (2023)

The Beatnik Cowboy, "on top" (2024)

New Pop Lit, "tear past it" (2024)

Horror Sleaze Trash, "unrequited love" (2024)

The Beatnik Cowboy, 2 poems (2024)

New Pop Lit, "encounter" (2024)

The Gorko Gazette, "Pinched" & 3 others (2024)

A Thin Slice of Anxiety, 10 poems (2024)

Oddball Magazine, "crimes of our time" (2024)

The Beatnik Cowboy, "easier" (2024)

New Pop Lit, "Tide" (2024)

The Beatnik Cowboy, "peace treaty" (2024)

Gargoyle Magazine, "Earth" & 3 others (2024)

New Pop Lit, "Old Bull" & "the critics" (2024)

New Pop Lit, "Charcoal Blues" (2024)

The Gorko Gazette, "mexican parties" & 2 others (2024)

Stick Figure Poetry Quarterly, "Some Do's And Dont's" (2024)

ESSAYS

The Museum of Teaching and Learning (MOTAL), "How I Learned to Write" (2023)

The Museum of Teaching and Learning (MOTAL), "The Importance of Learning a Second Language: A Personal Opinion" (2023)

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