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Jack Kerouac: A Biography
by
Tom Clark
All the components of the Jack Kerouac legend are here: the excesses of alcohol and drugs; the soul-searching; the characters - Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Lucien Carr, John Clellon Holmes and William Burroughs, Jack's mother, Gabrielle, and the other women in Kerouac's life. There is also a record of the travels that became the basis for On the Road...more
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by Plexus
(first published May 1984)
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This was a nice short biography on Kerouac which gives you the 'highlights' of his meteoric ascent to fame and headlong plunge into oblivion. This is the second biography I have read on Kerouac, the other one being Memory Babe by Gerald Nicosia. Memory Babe is obviously much more thoroughly researched but it is almost too much in depth.
Jack Kerouac: A Biography by Tom Clark was in some ways a more interesting read and it is very engaging.
Like Carolyn Cassady, I couldn't put this book down. It j...more
Jack Kerouac: A Biography by Tom Clark was in some ways a more interesting read and it is very engaging.
Like Carolyn Cassady, I couldn't put this book down. It j...more
A good overview of Jack Kerouac's life, but somehow, I felt it was just a quick brushthrough, not really all that thorough. I have seen another biography on Jack about two times the size of this one. I would say this is a good read for those not fully interested in delving into the Beat Generation deeper, but just for a quick review. Reading Jack's own books/bios are far more interesting. This wasn't a badly written book. I did enjoy reading it, but it's certainly not one of my favorite bios. Co...more
Short but detailed. Informative.
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Clark is an American poet, editor and biographer. Clark was educated at the University of Michigan and served as poetry editor of "The Paris Review" from 1963 to 1973 and published numerous volumes of poetry with Black Sparrow Press. His literary essays and reviews have appeared in "The New York Times," "Times Literary Supplement," and many other journals.
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