Carolyn Cassady was born on this date -- April 28 -- in 1923. Regular readers know her connection to Jack Kerouac (Neal Cassady's wife, Jack's lover/friend), but it needs to be said that she was a writer and painter and deserves recognition not just because of her association with Beat Generation figures but as an artist in her own right and a force of nature in general (from what I gather -- I never met her).
In February we reviewed her book -- published posthumously -- titled Travel Tips for the Timid: Or, What Guidebooks Never Tell (click here). She published two other books during her lifetime: Heartbeat: My Life with Jack and Neal (made into a movie starting Sissy Spacek) and Off the Road: My Years with Cassady, Kerouac, and Ginsberg (curated here). She got a B.A. in Drama from Bennington College and an M.A. in Fine Arts from the University of Denver.
Happy Birthday, Carolyn!
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