Escondido, CA: The Kerouac Connection, 1994. First Printing. Staplebound. “Jack Kerouac ends each of his books, no matter how filled with tragedy, how filled with sorrow, on a high note. You get that elevated feeling at the end of every one of his books. It’s a beautiful thing, but not always true. I am being irreverent, hopefully in a good way here, in suggesting that maybe Jack was fooling himself..... More

Glasgow, Scotland: The Kerouac Connection, 1991. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage number of the UK literary journal of the Beat Generation & especially Jack Kerouac, edited by James Morton & subtitled "BUMPER Jazz Sex Issue," features many fascinating & informative articles including a record of Chris Challis' On the Road-esque exploration of the Beats' America with his photographs; Ian Duckett's now timely "Crudely Malely Sexual: Sexism and Kerouac"; an..... More

Glasgow, Scotland: The Kerouac Connection, 1992. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage number of the UK literary journal of the Beat Generation & especially Jack Kerouac, edited by James Morton, features a lengthy article by John Rupert which parses Kerouac's famous, not always well-understood "Spontaneous Prose" method, with many references, quotes & scholarly footnotes. Also in this issue are more densely informative articles including "W.H.O. On First?," about a mysterious..... More

Bristol, England: The Kerouac Connection, 1987. First Printing. Stapled. “You might have to make up your mind about Jack Kerouac. He writes long sentences, sometimes a page long, which contain digressions, false starts and perplexing jumps in narrative events….There have always been some cracks in the hole, and the boys in the gang are trying to mend things straight. And when I say ‘boys’ I am being completely non-sexist, -..... More

Bristol, England: The Kerouac Connection, 1989. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage number of the UK literary journal of the Beat Generation & especially Jack Kerouac, edited & with contributions by David Moore, begins with "Frankie & Johnnie: A New York Memoir," about Kerouac & his first wife Edie (referring to their mutual affectionate nicknames) by none other than James Perrizo (1944-2006), the devoted Beat scholar & collector who was..... More

Glasgow, Scotland: The Kerouac Connection, 1992. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. “Despite the fact that Jack Kerouac formulated the ‘Essentials for Spontaneous Prose’ in 1953, the doctrine itself unfortunately did not appear in print until The Black Mountain Review first published it in Autumn 1957, shortly following the September release of On the Road. By that time, Kerouac had already lived thirty-five of his forty-seven years. In addition to this time-lag..... More

Glasgow, Scotland: The Kerouac Connection, 1993. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage number of the UK literary journal of the Beat Generation & especially Jack Kerouac features a tribute-obituary essay on Carl Solomon (1928-1993), the dedicatee of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" & a key-yet-obscure original Beat figure, by Jim Burns. Also in this issue are Kerouac- & Beat-related scholarly articles & fictional prose by Dan Barth ("Saint Jack," in which he..... More