THE DAILY BEAT: Calling all Jack Kerouac fans

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Calling all Jack Kerouac fans

In this article by Amanda Marcotte in Slate (who has probably never read a single Kerouac book), she begins with this sentence:

All my adult life, I’ve been served well by avoiding two categories of readers: people who like Jack Kerouac and people who think Humbert Humbert is the hero of “Lolita.”

I think it would be awesome if a shitload of Kerouac fans commented on Marcotte's article and set her straight about Jack.

Who's first?

2 comments:

Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbook said...: Here's my comment:

Now I have one other reason to love Jack Kerouac: because of him, I don't have to expend any effort avoiding people like you, Amanda.

You've already labeled me a misogynist with bad taste in literature and someone to avoid, so I suspect that I am not worthy to engage in a conversation. I do have a question, however, that I would love an honest answer to: Which of Jack's books did you read in forming your opinion of him as a writer?; August 19, 2012 at 11:59 AM
paulo césar giordano said...: She doesn't deserve any single comment on her article...; August 20, 2012 at 7:38 PM

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."