THE DAILY BEAT: New Kerouac book acquisitions (thanks to Christmas)

Monday, January 9, 2017

New Kerouac book acquisitions (thanks to Christmas)

Thanks to Crystal and Christmas, I have these new acquisitions. As if I need any more books -- my Kerouac/Beat specific shelf is full!

Top Row: Girls Who Wore Black; Jack Kerouac: Book of Haikus; Jack Kerouac: The Lost Paintings
Bottom Row: The Outsider

I just finished The Outsider and I highly recommend it. It's not Kerouac, but I do read other stuff. I read the introductory chapter to Girls Who Wore Black and found it too academic for my mood right now, so I will get back to that. The other two are not read-straight-through kinds of books (at least for me), so I will peruse them piecemeal.

Thanks, Crystal!

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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."