Friday Links::: Beat Generation News
As I myself haven’t got any Kerouac/Beat related news, I am grateful for Stephanie of doing that for me. So here’s a reblog of Stefanie Nikolopoulos’post. Have only read the ‘To Catch A Beat’ article by Jonathan Lethem so far, but that is very nicely written indeed.
PHOTOGRAPH BY RICHARD AVEDON / “WILLIAM BURROUGHS, NEW YORK, JULY 9, 1975”/© THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATION via The New Yorker
Happy Friday! Here are a few Beat Generation-related links for your weekend reading:::
“Drive, He Wrote: What the Beats Were About” (The New Yorker)
“The Outlaw: The Extraordinary Life of William S. Burroughs” (The New Yorker)
“To Catch a Beat” (The New Yorker)
“The Last Living Bohemian in Chelsea” (The New Yorker)
Find out which book by Jack Kerouac changed poet and novelist Naomi Shihab Nye’s life. (Hint: it’s not On the Road) (Shelf Awareness)
“Behind Bars: Mike Heslop at Kafe Kerouac” (Columbus Alive)
“Palisades Park Library Cards Feature a Local Designer and a Touch of Controversy” (NorthJersey.com)
As always, you can purchase the Jack Kerouac biography…
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Retracing Jack Kerouac 