Jack Kerouac Is Dead To Me

Publisher : Wednesday Books
Release Date : 2020-04-07
ISBN : 1250312256
Pages : 288 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (25 users)

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Download or read book Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me written by Gae Polisner and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me is an absolutely real, raw and emotional read, and it's a book that touched my heart with every page." - Katie McGarry, critically acclaimed author of Only a Breath Apart Fifteen-year-old JL Markham’s life used to be filled with carnival nights and hot summer days spent giggling with her forever best friend Aubrey about their families and boys. Together, they were unstoppable. But they aren’t the friends they once were. With JL’s father gone on long term business, and her mother struggling with her mental illness, JL takes solace in the tropical butterflies she raises, and in her new, older boyfriend, Max Gordon. Max may be rough on the outside, but he has the soul of a poet (something Aubrey will never understand). Only, Max is about to graduate, and he's going to hit the road - with or without JL. JL can't bear being left behind again. But what if devoting herself to Max not only means betraying her parents, but permanently losing the love of her best friend? What becomes of loyalty, when no one is loyal to you? Gae Polisner’s Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me is a story about the fragility of female friendship, of falling in love and wondering if you are ready for more, and of the glimmers of hope we find by taking stock in ourselves.

Delphi Complete Works of Jack Kerouac (Illustrated)

by Jack Kerouac

Publisher : Delphi Classics
Release Date : 2023-03-08
ISBN : 1801701040
Pages : 3339 pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 (81 users)

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Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of Jack Kerouac (Illustrated) written by Jack Kerouac and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2023-03-08 with total page 3339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Kerouac was an American novelist, poet and leader of the Beat movement. His iconic masterpiece ‘On the Road’ exacted a broad cultural influence, capturing the spirit of its time as no other work of the 20th century had done since ‘The Great Gatsby’. Kerouac’s insistence upon ‘First thought, best thought’ and his refusal to revise was controversial. He deemed revision as a form of literary lying, imposing a form farther away from the truth of the moment. His novels reveal a quest for pure, unadulterated language—the truth of the heart unobstructed by the lying of revision. His technique demonstrates an unusual writing style, neither haphazard nor sloppy, but systematic in the most-individualised sense. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Kerouac’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Kerouac’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 15 novels and novellas, with individual contents tables * Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare poetry texts * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Kerouac’s seminal non-fiction collection, ‘Lonesome Traveler’ * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genresPlease note: the poetry published after Kerouac’s death cannot appear in this edition, due to copyright restrictions.CONTENTS:The Novels The Town and the City (1950) On the Road (1957) The Dharma Bums (1958) Doctor Sax (1959) Maggie Cassidy (1959) Book of Dreams (1960) Big Sur (1962) Visions of Gerard (1963) Desolation Angels (1965) Vanity of Duluoz (1968) Visions of Cody (1972)The Novellas The Subterraneans (1958) Tristessa (1960) Satori in Paris (1966) Pic (1971)The Poetry Mexico City Blues (1959) The Scripture of the Golden Eternity (1960) Old Angel Midnight (1973)The Non-Fiction Lonesome Traveler (1960)Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg

by Jack Kerouac

Publisher : Penguin
Release Date : 2010-07-08
ISBN : 1101437138
Pages : 528 pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 (11 users)

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Download or read book Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg written by Jack Kerouac and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-07-08 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first collection of letters between the two leading figures of the Beat movement Writers and cultural icons Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg are the most celebrated names of the Beat Generation, linked together not only by their shared artistic sensibility but also by a deep and abiding friendship, one that colored their lives and greatly influenced their writing. Editors Bill Morgan and David Stanford shed new light on this intimate and influential friendship in this fascinating exchange of letters between Kerouac and Ginsberg, two thirds of which have never been published before. Commencing in 1944 while Ginsberg was a student at Columbia University and continuing until shortly before Kerouac's death in 1969, the two hundred letters included in this book provide astonishing insight into their lives and their writing. While not always in agreement, Ginsberg and Kerouac inspired each other spiritually and creatively, and their letters became a vital workshop for their art. Vivid, engaging, and enthralling, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters provides an unparalleled portrait of the two men who led the cultural and artistic movement that defined their generation.

The Memory of Things

by Gae Polisner

Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2016-09-06
ISBN : 1250095530
Pages : 288 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (25 users)

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Download or read book The Memory of Things written by Gae Polisner and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] gripping, emotional story set in the part of history we’ll never forget." - New York Daily News On the morning of September 11, 2001, sixteen-year-old Kyle Donohue watches the first twin tower come down from the window of Stuyvesant High School. Moments later, terrified and fleeing home to safety across the Brooklyn Bridge, he stumbles across a girl perched in the shadows, covered in ash, and wearing a pair of costume wings. With his mother and sister in California and unable to reach his father, a NYC detective likely on his way to the disaster, Kyle makes the split-second decision to bring the girl home. What follows is their story, told in alternating points of view, as Kyle tries to unravel the mystery of the girl so he can return her to her family. But what if the girl has forgotten everything, even her own name? And what if the more Kyle gets to know her, the less he wants her to go home? The Memory of Things tells a stunning story of friendship and first love and of carrying on with our day-to-day living in the midst of world-changing tragedy and unforgettable pain—it tells a story of hope.

Journey of the Internal Dermis

by Samuel Hathy

Publisher : AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2014-11-14
ISBN : 149695288X
Pages : 126 pages
Rating Book: 4.9/5 (496 users)

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Download or read book Journey of the Internal Dermis written by Samuel Hathy and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-11-14 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story follows the life of a struggling young activist going on a trip with his college friends to Chicago for a human rights conference. On their journey, he asks himself questions concerning his own gender, sexuality, purpose, and the causes they partake in. In Chicago, he discovers the life of the people and atmosphere of the city.

Consider the Octopus

by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Release Date : 2022-04-05
ISBN : 1250793521
Pages : 256 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (25 users)

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Download or read book Consider the Octopus written by Nora Raleigh Baskin and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When chance, or fate, throws two twelve-year-olds together on board a scientific research ship at the edge of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, it’s not all smooth sailing! Jeremy “JB” Barnes is looking forward to spending the summer before seventh grade hanging on the beach. But his mother, a scientist, has called for him to join her aboard a research ship where, instead, he’ll spend his summer seasick and bored as he stares out at the endless plastic, microbeads, and other floating debris, both visible and not, that make up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Miles and miles away, twelve-year-old Sidney Miller is trying to come up with an alternate activity worthy of convincing her overprotective parents that she can skip summer camp. When Jeremy is asked to find the contact information for a list of important international scientists and invite them to attend a last-minute Emergency Global Summit, he's excited to have a chance to actually do something that matters to the mission. How could he know that the Sidney Miller he messages is not the famous marine biologist he has been tasked with contacting, but rather a girl making podcasts from her bedroom—let alone that she would want to sneak aboard the ship? Consider the Octopus is a comedy of errors, mistaken identity, and synchronicity. Above all, it is a heartfelt story about friendship and an empowering call to environmental protection, especially to our young people who are already stepping up to help save our oceans and our Earth.

Subterranean Kerouac

by Ellis Amburn

Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 1999-11-29
ISBN : 1466821310
Pages : 844 pages
Rating Book: 4.6/5 (466 users)

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Download or read book Subterranean Kerouac written by Ellis Amburn and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 1999-11-29 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon original interviews and his own relationship with Kerouac, Ellis Amburn reveals an inner man who has not appeared in any previous biography-a man torn by his conflicting desires and beliefs. Subterranean Kerouac has been singled out as one of the most significant biographies to appear in years, and it shows how Kerouac struggled throughout his life with poverty, alcoholism, and his doubts about his own lifestyle of substance abuse, indolence, and promiscuity.

Jack Kerouac's Confession

by Robert O'Brian

Publisher : Lulu.com
Release Date :
ISBN : 1105318370
Pages : 336 pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 (15 users)

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Download or read book Jack Kerouac's Confession written by Robert O'Brian and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In Sight of Stars

by Gae Polisner

Publisher : Wednesday Books
Release Date : 2018-03-13
ISBN : 1250143853
Pages : 256 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (25 users)

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Download or read book In Sight of Stars written by Gae Polisner and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An intense, sometimes graphic, totally heartbreaking portrait of a character who will keep pages turning.” - Booklist, Starred Review "An achingly fierce exploration of the way the world wounds us and heals us. If you love exquisitely written coming-of-age stories that will leave you breathless, In Sight of Stars is for you." - Jeff Zentner, William C. Morris award-winning author of The Serpent King and Goodbye Days Seventeen-year-old Klee’s father was the center of his life. He introduced Klee to the great museums of New York City and the important artists on their walls, he told him stories made of myths and magic. Until his death. Now, forced to live in the suburbs with his mom, Klee can’t help but feel he’s lost all the identifying parts of himself—his beloved father, weekly trips to the MoMA, and the thrumming energy of New York City. That is until he meets wild and free Sarah in art class, with her quick smiles and jokes about his “brooding.” Suddenly it seems as if she’s the only thing that makes him happy. But when an act of betrayal sends him reeling, Klee lands in what is bitingly referred to as the “Ape Can,” a psychiatric hospital for teens in Northhollow. While there, he undergoes intensive therapy and goes back over the pieces of his life to find out what was real, what wasn’t, and whether he can stand on his own feet again. Told in alternating timelines, leading up to the event that gets him committed and working towards getting back out, Gae Polisner’s In Sight of Stars is a gorgeous novel told in minimalist strokes to maximal effect, about what makes us fall apart and how we can put ourselves back together again.

Understanding Jack Kerouac

by Matt Theado

Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 2000
ISBN : 9781570032721
Pages : 224 pages
Rating Book: 4.3/5 (32 users)

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Download or read book Understanding Jack Kerouac written by Matt Theado and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theado offers close readings of the works that make up the "Duluoz Legend" - Kerouac's series of barely fictionalized re-creations of his life - and reveals how his awareness of his writing self increased over the course of his career.".

The Role of Jack Kerouac’s Identity in the Development of his Poetics

by Stefano Maffina

Publisher : Lulu.com
Release Date : 2012-06-01
ISBN : 1471706850
Pages : 395 pages
Rating Book: 4.7/5 (471 users)

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Download or read book The Role of Jack Kerouac’s Identity in the Development of his Poetics written by Stefano Maffina and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work revolves round the analysis of Jack Kerouac's complex identity and his main artistic inspirations. Even though the writer was born in Lowell, MA, he was raised in a Franco-American family with strong bonds with the Quebec region. The resultant split identity led to deep existential doubts that Kerouac was never able to overcome. However, the awareness of his cultural dichotomy proved extremely important for his own work. Indeed, the Beat author was able to reach an original poetics which was inspired by both American and French writers. Despite Kerouac's innovative style and writing method, an analysis of the artists who influenced his work could help contextualize and better understand his literary and linguistic genius.

B I C Y C L E S, C A N O E S, D R U M S

by Dan Sklar

Publisher : Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008-08-13
ISBN : 0615244734
Pages : 193 pages
Rating Book: 4.1/5 (615 users)

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Download or read book B I C Y C L E S, C A N O E S, D R U M S written by Dan Sklar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-08-13 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I take seriously what Ezra Pound said, "make poetry new." I do not want to write like anyone else, if that's possible. I want to create new forms of poetry. Sure, I have been influenced by many writers who write differently than I do, whether it is in style, theme, or topics, but I respect all forms and styles of poetry. I am experimenting all the time. Each time I write, it is as if it is my first time, like I have not done it before. The poem, and the way it is put together, becomes the object I am writing about as well as the subject. The way the poem is written is part of its meaning. All of it, I feel, comes from a deep and original, and yet common, place. I write to try to understand myself and the world and to question the things we just assume to be true, but mostly I write to remember the brightness of being alive.

Empty Phantoms - Interviews and Encounters With Jack Kerouac (Expanded & Revised)

by Paul Maher Jr.

Publisher : Lulu Press, Inc
Release Date : 2015-12-09
ISBN : 1312917067
Pages : 544 pages
Rating Book: 4.1/5 (312 users)

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Download or read book Empty Phantoms - Interviews and Encounters With Jack Kerouac (Expanded & Revised) written by Paul Maher Jr. and published by Lulu Press, Inc. This book was released on 2015-12-09 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empty Phantoms: Collected Interviews with Jack Kerouac (Expanded & Revised) gathers together all known printed, recorded, and filmed interviews—including those celebrated, infamous, or obscure—with the acclaimed American writer, Jack Kerouac. In many instances, the interviews are transcribed from original tapes and are either unabridged, like the famous "Paris Review" or unexpurgated, such as the Northport Library interview. Although many top-notch journalists, from Mike Wallace to William F. Buckley, conducted the interviews, it is Kerouac who dominates the proceedings, with his energy, wit, passion, anger, astute insights, playfulness, literary integrity, and searching spirituality. Best of all, the interviews are replete with Kerouacisms like "walking on water wasn't built in a day, wisdom is heartless," and "pity dogs and forgive men," which have been a cherished aspect of Kerouac's literature. Beyond his own works, this living portrait of Kerouac isn't available anywhere else.

Come 2 Mama

by Eric Ehrmann

Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2005-07-18
ISBN : 9781469116563
Pages : 255 pages
Rating Book: 4.1/5 (116 users)

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Download or read book Come 2 Mama written by Eric Ehrmann and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005-07-18 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Summary On a hot desert ight in New Mexico author Eric Ehrmann found a death threat on his doorstep. The next morning routine x-rays revealed a cancer the size of an apple core lurking in his colon. A few hours later he would face his students at the University of New Mexico. At age 47 he ws too young for screening that would have caught it early; doctors gave him a 23% chance of surviving. Come 2 Mama is a story of rolling the dice and beating the odds, a journey through cancer and depression, miracles and medical misdeeds in our largest public health system, the VA.

The Portable Jack Kerouac

by Jack Kerouac

Publisher : Penguin Group USA
Release Date : 1996
ISBN :
Pages : 690 pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 ( users)

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Download or read book The Portable Jack Kerouac written by Jack Kerouac and published by Penguin Group USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents selections from Jack Kerouac's novels, poetry, letters, and essays.

Cyberpunk

by Victoria

Publisher : Resurrection House
Release Date : 2013-03-12
ISBN : 1937163091
Pages : 235 pages
Rating Book: 4.3/5 (937 users)

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Download or read book Cyberpunk written by Victoria and published by Resurrection House. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cyberpunk has brought us films like Blade Runner, Tron, and The Matrix, and it has brought us now-classic novels like Snow Crash and Neuromancer. It continues to be a powerful theme in contemporary literature as writers imagine a gritty, dark, wild, and wicked future where body modification, seedy elements, omniscient corporations, and a few down-luck anti-heroes are always having it out. Inside the covers of this book, readers find stories by the best and the finest cyberpunk writers — from foundational authors like Bruce Sterling and William Gibson to new voices like Cory Doctorow — all of whom write with the fire and zeal that powers the best cyberpunk writing. Here are stories about society gone wrong and society saved, about soulless humans and soulful machines, about futures worth fighting for and futures that do nothing but kill. Welcome to your cyberpunk world. Welcome to your cyberpunk world.

Jack Kerouac's On the Road

by Harold Bloom

Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2004
ISBN : 0791075818
Pages : 261 pages
Rating Book: 4.9/5 (791 users)

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Download or read book Jack Kerouac's On the Road written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents ten critical essays published between 1973 and 2001 on Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by Harold Bloom.