THE DAILY BEAT: Day 53 Kerouaction: On Hope and Procrastination

Monday, September 19, 2011

Day 53 Kerouaction: On Hope and Procrastination

This is the passage from On The Road that inspired Day 53 in The Beat Handbook: 100 Day of Kerouactions. It's split across two pages in my version, hence the two pictures.

I'm sick as a beat dog today, so that's all I have to say about that.* If you want to see what I said about the passage, you'll have to buy the book. Or borrow it. Or steal it. Or come to Lowell in two weeks and whisper Rumpelstiltskin to me. Or take the copy I'm leaving on Jack's grave.

*At least I had enough presence of mind to include a beat movie quote.

No comments:

Post a Comment

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."