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  <title><![CDATA[Book of Blues (Poets, Penguin)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Although he is best known as a writer of prose, Jack Kerouac was an important poet, his work described by Michael McClure as &quot;startling in its majesty and comedy and gentleness and vision.&quot; These eight extended poems, composed between 1954 and 1961, offer exuberant forays into language and consciousness that combine rich imagery, complex internal rhythms, and a reverent attentiveness to the moments.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jack Kerouac reminds me of my father-in-law, though my father-in-law’s hands are ever working with drywall, fiberglass, salvaged wood scraps, and numerous construction slops rather than words. They both, however, swallow(ed) bourbon like mother’s milk.<br/><br/>But the true substance of this c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30461717">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this to be a very fun kick around read and it turned out to work great for that.  It was uplifting to read a few of Kerouac's choruses at any time and they really made me pay attention to detail.<br/><br/>This was the first book I wrote in.  Different things that he spoke about which I wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47599544">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Feb 18 02:29:24 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 18 02:30:04 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Portend<br/> Pretend<br/>  Fortune<br/>   For Free The I in the End.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Book of Blues by Jack Kerouac (1995)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Kerouac, but I far prefer his prose to his poetry.  That isn't to say I didn't enjoy the book, I did.  I just prefer his prose style.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[some of his most famous poems are part of this collection, poems that you can read with his voice in your head, because there exist recordings of them.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Don't get me wrong, I do really love my Kerouac, but this book is ridiculously hit or miss. Kerouac's strength is in his prose, go read that. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this book while listening to some Bop. Kerouac incorporates the rhythms of jazz and blues nearly perfectly.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[it sounds better when you hear him read it himself.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[fun-filled, old-time-jazz filled poetry]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kerouac/Poetry. <br/><br/>ENOUGH SAID!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A Beautiful poems<br/>]]></body>
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