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Ron Koertge

(b.1940)

Ron Koertge, born in Olney, Illinois, is the author of Geography of the Forehead, Making Love to Roget's Wife: Poems New and Selected, and several books for children and young adults, including Confess-O-Rama and The Heart of the City. He recently retired from Pasadena City College after 37 years of teaching.

Series

Stoner & Spaz
1. Stoner & Spaz (2002)
2. Now Playing (2011)

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup
1. Shakespeare Bats Cleanup (2006)
2. Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs (2010)

Backyard Witch (with Christine Heppermann)
   1. Sadie's Story (2015)
   2. Jess's Story (2016)
   3. Maya's Story (2017)

Novels

   Where the Kissing Never Stops (1987)
   The Arizona Kid (1989)
   The Boy in the Moon (1990)
   Mariposa Blues (1991)
   Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright (1994)
   Confess-O-Rama (1996)
   Heart Of The City (1998)
   Margaux with an X (2004)
   Boy Girl Boy (2005)
   Strays (2007)
   Deadville (2008)

Collections

   Making Love to Roget's Wife (poems) (1997)
   The Brimstone Journals (poems) (2001)
   Geography of the Forehead (poems) (2002)
   Fever (poems) (2006)
   Indigo (poems) (2009)
   The Ogre's Wife (poems) (2013)
   Sex World (2014)
   Vampire Planet (poems) (2016)
   Olympusville (poems) (2018)
   Yellow Moving Van (poems) (2018)
   I Dreamed I Was Emily Dickinson's Boyfriend (poems) (2022)

Novellas and Short Stories

Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses (2012)
Coaltown Jesus (2013)

Graphic Novels show

Non fiction show

Ron Koertge recommends

Purple Daze (2011)
Sherry Shahan
"Sherry Shahan took me right back to the 60's with this deftly-written, politically charged novel-in-verse. Be warned -- Purple Daze will put a spell on you, too!"

Anthologies containing stories by Ron Koertge

Taking Aim (2015)
Power and Pain, Teens and Guns
edited by
Michael Cart

How Beautiful the Ordinary (2009)
Twelve Stories of Identity
edited by
Michael Cart

Tomorrowland (1999)
Ten Stories about the Future
edited by
Michael Cart

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