Laughter in the Age of Decay (New York etc., 2008). Stephenson, Gregory, Speaking Volumes: Ken Nordine's Word Jazz. (Heidelberg: Ober Limbo Verlag, 2019.) External links Ken Nordine at Last.fm (official) 1920 births 2019 deaths American jazz musicians American male radio actors American male voice actors Beat Generation people Dot Records artists People from Cherokee, Iowa Musicians from Chicago People from Florence, Wisconsin American spoken word poets Writers from Illinois Writers from Iowa Writers from Wisconsin Jazz musicians from Illinois American people of Swedish descent University of Chicago alumni