tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259386991508935093.post7282511845345930230..comments2024-03-24T12:14:08.296-04:00Comments on THE DAILY BEAT: Jack Kerouac and Muhammad AliRick Dale, author of The Beat Handbookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17721559977431022390noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259386991508935093.post-40235503029211162032016-06-09T12:58:49.928-04:002016-06-09T12:58:49.928-04:00I posted a query in the Jack Kerouac group on Face...I posted a query in the Jack Kerouac group on Facebook about other instances of Kerouac mentioning Ali, and Dave Moore, Kerouac scholar extraordinaire, pointed out that Jack wrote a piece for the St. Petersburg Independent titled, "What Was the Punch That Knocked Out Liston?" on July 10, 1965. It appears in Good Blonde & Others. I should have known that, but my steel trap mind days have long passed. Thanks, Dave! Why use my brain when I can use yours? (One of my former high school students used to say that when he conned me into giving him an answer.)<br /><br />~Rick DaleRick Dale, author of The Beat Handbookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17721559977431022390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259386991508935093.post-46898264802693411362016-06-05T14:40:11.315-04:002016-06-05T14:40:11.315-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17721559977431022390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259386991508935093.post-13220435888299881172016-06-05T10:36:31.944-04:002016-06-05T10:36:31.944-04:00Good find Dr. Dale, thanks.
Ali was my second fav...Good find Dr. Dale, thanks. <br />Ali was my second favorite sports hero growing up, right behind Yaz. I remember watching his fights on television as a kid, only I didn't know that they were re-broadcasts, and my father would bet me a quarter on the outcome and I would always lose. Richard MarshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com