Something in a box here from 35 years ago. A postcard from Simon Pettifar at Black Spring Press in London. It’s dated May 9, 1990. Lovely postcard displaying a painting by Carolyn Cassady – she called it ‘Railroad Blues.’ Understandably she was interested in that area being as her husband Neal Cassady worked…
A fairly well known photograph of Jack Kerouac – it was used on the cover of a very big book of photos by Allen Ginsberg a few years back. BEAT MEMORIES was it? A variant of this picture for sure. The postcard included a note from Beat Generation aficionado Dave Olson in Japan. You…
BEAT SCENE 113 COMING SOON…..almost ready for the printer. And who is this young man and what is his connection with a young Jack Kerouac? Find out in this upcoming issue. Above is Ann Charters in amongst a horde of media people, cameras, microphones, cable, wires, she is being interviewed about the new film…