THE DAILY BEAT: Day 61 Kerouaction: On Obstacles to Going

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Day 61 Kerouaction: On Obstacles to Going

This is the passage from On The Road that inspired Day 61 in The Beat Handbook. It reminds me of driving home from a high school girlfriend's one night, way out in the Pennsylvania boondocks, and the fog was so thick I was leaning out of my car door trying to see any glimpse of the road! I was beat and didn't know it. Hey, I wasn't gonna let a little fog keep me from go go going! Just like Dean.

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Reviews of The Beat Handbook

Gerald Nicosia, author of the acclaimed Kerouac biography Memory Babe, said The Beat Handbook is "full of Jack's heart."

Jared Randall, author of the excellent book of poetry, Apocryphal Road Code, said this about The Beat Handbook: "Sometimes a book comes along at just the right time. In my wandering pack of experiences, I find they often do. Enter The Beat Handbook by Rick Dale."

Kenneth Morris, Kerouacian extraordinaire, said this:
"I just finished reading Rick Dale's beautiful utterance and call to action of Kerouac mind-set and zen sensibilities. It made me laugh and reflect on my own life and road I have naturally grooved into after absorbing the Kerouac canon. The road less traveled always had my name on it. And that has made all the difference. The Beat Handbook 100 Days of Kerouactions reaffirms the attitudes and ideology that made the Beats and Kerouac the important men of ideas that America (and the world) thirsted for, needed, and swallowed whole. Beautiful, absorbing, Top Ten whipsmart from my articulate, tender-hearted friend and fellow traveler. Highly recommended."