A new issue of BEAT SCENE, number 111, is due anytime now. Burroughs, Kerouac, Nelson Algren, Alice Notley, Ted Berrigan, Kenneth Rexroth, Hettie Jones, Brion Gysin and more. If you would like a copy send an email to kevbeatscene@gmail.com —————————————————————————— This is Jack Kerouac in Italy, in I believe 1966, was it? It…
AN IMPROBABLE OUTLAW [as published in CUT magazine March 1989] Imagine an early twentieth century liner sinking dramatically, while on board in a crude operating room, a half crazed and drugged doctor scoops more drugs into his own bag than he is administering to his dying patient, who slips gently onto the floor. Then,…
Actual letter that Jack Kerouac typed and sent to Neal Cassady on March 25, 1957. Neal and Carolyn Cassady were living at Los Gatos and Kerouac often visited them there. Looks like Jack typed his letter but added a few handwritten PS extras. His wish to move to California is clearly apparent and his disenchantment…