THE DAILY BEAT: Martin Luther King redux

Monday, January 21, 2013

Martin Luther King redux

I was going to post something new about Martin Luther King, Jr., in honor of today being the celebration of his birthday, but I decided to simply post this link to my 2012 post on the same subject. I don't have a lot left to say beyond what I said a year ago, although I will add that I think the Beats would have appreciated the reading of the Inaugural Poem by Richard Blanco. Click here to listen. It reminds me of Jack's enormous America.

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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."