THE DAILY BEAT: The Daily Beat goes AWOL?

Saturday, January 19, 2013

The Daily Beat goes AWOL?

Dear Readers, you may have noticed a decline in the number of posts on The Daily Beat in the last couple of weeks. Between being on the road for five days and fighting off this damnable flu bug now in its third week, I simply have not been keeping up with my blogging. My apologies.

For now, click here for a NY Times review of the newest Kerouac biography, The Voice is All, by Joyce Johnson.

Not exactly a glowing review.

1 comment:

john j dorfner said...: rick:

yeah the book made me very sad. couldn't wait to finish it.; January 19, 2013 at 11:47 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."