Ring, Kevin (Editor); Adams, Tom; Burns, Jim; Burroughs, William S.; Charters, Ann; Cooper, Colin; Duval, Jean Francois; Foley, Jack; Henderson, LuAnne; Hill, Richard; Kearns, Michael; Kerouac, Jack; Lelweld, Joseph; Reeves, Pauline; Swoop, Dawn et al.

Beat Scene No. 103 (Winter 2022)

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2022. First Printing. Perfect Bound. This latest (as of this writing) number of the indispensable Beat Generation-dedicated magazine-format literary journal published by Kevin Ring in the UK celebrates the hundredth anniversary of Jack Kerouac's birth on March 12, 1922. With a cornucopia of articles on many aspects of Kerouac's life, work & legacy by Jim Burns, Ann Charters (the Supreme Scholar who was Kerouac's first biographer & bibliographer), Colin Cooper, Jean Francois Duval (author of the new French-language study of Kerouac & LuAnne Henderson, depicted as "MaryLou" in On the Road), Jack Foley, Richard Hill, Michael Kearns, Joseph Lelweld (Kerouac's 1969 New York Times obituary), Pauline Reeves, Ring, Dawn Swoop et al. Also with a fascinating essay by Tom Adams concerning William S. Burroughs' visit during 1978 to the set of the (rather lame in this writer's & WSB's own estimation) Kerouac-themed film Heart Beat, which resulted in WSB's article "Heart Beat: Fifties Heroes as Soap Opera" published in Rolling Stone magazine (one constructive critique from this devoted fanatic, Tom: WSB was 64, not "...a relatively young man of sixty" that year). As ever, this very special issue is chock-full of vintage images including a moody color portrait of a declining Kerouac on front cover. Due to the surfeit of pieces dedicated to the Kerouac centenary theme, this issue does not contain the traditional review section or ads. A singularly important & most insightful production in the outstanding series which carries the torch of its front cover motto (absent here) like no other: "This is the Beat Generation." In very fine, as-new condition with only a touch of rubbing & scratching to front, back covers & spine; a few tiny bumps at edges & corners of same. Interior substantially mint except for tiny bumps at corners of some page leaves. Very Fine. [Item #5042]

Price: $30.00