THE DAILY BEAT: Friends and scholars recall Jack Kerouac

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Friends and scholars recall Jack Kerouac

By Kerouaccident I just stumbled upon this 2007 piece in Slate Magazine.

I think my fellow Kerouac-obsessed fans may appreciate it.

Happy reading!

2 comments:

Jonny Ross said...: Thanks for sharing this. It's always nice to hear from Joyce Johnson. I highly recommend her book Minor Characters. As well as Door Wide Open, a collection of hers and Kerouac's correspondence during the time Road was being published.; January 8, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbook said...: You're welcome. Minor Characters was already on my reading list, and now Door Wide Open has made it. Thanks!; January 10, 2009 at 8:52 AM

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."