THE DAILY BEAT: Mill Valley Literary Review features Gerald Nicosia

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Mill Valley Literary Review features Gerald Nicosia

The Mill Valley Literary Review says that it "is a quarterly e-zine dedicated to providing exposure, encouragement, joy and resources to Marin County, California's literary talent, as well as enthusiastic readers." The current issue (Winter 2012) features poems by and an interview by John King with Gerald Nicosia, noted Kerouac scholar and author of Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac.

Click here to read the current issue. Click on "Salon" for the interview.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Good find Rick. Memory Babe has been the most important book in the Kerouac scholarship since the day it was published. Richard Marsh.; November 1, 2012 at 5:29 PM
Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbook said...: Thanks, Richard. We agree, but you should see the ignorant comments I get whenever I mention Gerry. I just mark them as spam and delete them. It's good to know at least one other person appreciates Gerry's work.; November 1, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Oh yes. As intense as the feud between camps is now Rick, it was even worse twenty years ago when I first started following the scholarship. This precursor to the current forums was ground zero: http://www.beatsupernovarasa.com/Lectures/BEATLT.htm; November 2, 2012 at 11:42 AM

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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."