THE DAILY BEAT: Kerouac Crater on Mercury

Friday, February 19, 2016

Kerouac Crater on Mercury

Did you know they named a crater on Mercury after Jack Kerouac? Click here for the official information from the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. The crater was officially named by the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature on October 12, 2015.

I don't know if it's significant, but October was Jack's favorite month. "Everybody goes home in October."

P.S. This is the kind of thing you can learn on the Jack Kerouac Facebook page. In this case, it was a post by group member Tony Marshall. I'd never heard of it before today when I read Tony's post.

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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."