Various (Anstee, Rod; Barnwell, Lucy; Burns, Jim; Challis, Chris; Cunliffe, Dave; Montgomery, John; Moore, Dave; Morton, James; Rupert, John; Silverman, Herschel et al.)

The Kerouac Connection, No. 23 (Summer 1992)

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, the scarcity of widely-circulated explications of that doctrine allowed dominance to many critical misconceptions concerning the aspect of spontaneity in his prose methods,” writes John Rupert in his “Apologia of Jack Kerouac’s ‘Spontaneous Prose’ Method,” the third contribution (out of a total of 27) in this fulsomely packed issue of Dave Moore’s classic Kerouac-themed periodical. Your Devoted Managing Curator can’t emphasize enough how refreshing it is to see his contentions regarding the invaluable “Essentials” — key as they are to not only the formation of Kerouac’s life and art, but to Burroughs’ and Ginsberg’s, as well — mirrored back at him by this talented, hitherto unknown or under-recognized scholar of the Beat Generation-&-Beyond. Bravo, Mr. Rupert, wherever you are — alive or dead…the Beat Goes On! While Rupert’s multi-page, densely footnoted expositions are themselves worth the price of admission, we’ll next list the work housed here in this issue by the roster of contributors noted in this listing’s Author Field, above. The table of contents, in part reads as follows: [1] “Atop an Underwood,” by James Morton; [2] “Apologia of Jack Kerouac’s ‘Spontaneous Prose’ Method,” by John Rupert; [3] poems by Chris Challis, Jim Burns, & Herschel Silverman; [4] “W.H.O. On First?” by Rod Anstee; [5] “Kerouac and Florida,” by John Montgomery; [6] “Some British Beat History: 12,” by Dave Cunliffe; [7] “Jack & Neal on Disc,” by Dave Moore, and much, much more — be sure to check the pictures attached to this listing for an unabridged look at this scholastically nutritive issue of “The Kerouac Connection.” In strong fine condition with only light-to-moderate shelf-wear, bumping to fine-edges & corners of front, back covers & spine-edge and similarly light-to-moderate rubbing at select locales along same. Fine. [Item #5671]

Price: $25.00