Various (Beaulieu, Derek; Cunliffe, Dave; DeRooy, Diane; Dobbie, Joan; Kerouac, Jack; Poland, Tim; Smith, Michael; Ronan, Stephen et al.)

The Kerouac Connection, No. 28 (Summer 1998)

Menlo Park, CA: The Kerouac Connection, 1998. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The rotating editorial odyssey of The Kerouac Connection continues in this here issue, — the 28th in this estimably long-running series. Your Devoted Curators at Third Mind Books have, to date encountered, studied, and curated almost every issue of The Kerouac Connection and can in fact confirm that the consistency which makes any single issue shine is not native to a select assortment of issues but present throughout its entire history. It is like the top of a chart in jazz, or a called-back riff in a jam; a relief-giving & thrill-bearing constant, this editorial consistency & commitment to excellence. TKC was evidently operating out of Menlo Park, CA at the time of this issue’s publication—a far cry from the Glasgow of this mag’s youth. This is not the only manner in which the 28th Issue of TKC differs from those preceding—it contains a far smaller roster of contributors than all issues preceding; also, it’s edited by one Michael Smith—a name that you don’t find in the early, breadwinning issues of TKC that we’re used to. While we could say more, we’d give away too much; so now, we’ll “lower the faders” on the body of this curation (as if mixing in a studio), and segue into listing its contents, in full. [1] “Visions of Meals: The ‘Foody’ Fiction of Jack Kerouac” by Tim Poland; [2] “Disks of the Gone World, a Selection” [relating to LPs recordings Kerouac made or released in his lifetime] by Stephen Ronan; [3] “Some British Beat History, 15” by Dave Cunliffe; [4] “Camp Kerouac,” by Joan Dobbie; [5] “Looking for Jack” by Diane DeRooy; [6] “Visions of Poesy” by Dave Cunliffe; & [6] “Kerouac’s Ghost,” by Derek Beaulieu. Small-format literary magazine-journal in stapled wrappers: the First-and-Only Printing of this Kerouac-themed periodical. From the collection of Kevin Ring, publisher of Beat Scene magazine & other indispensable productions (many available here), & our good friend. In strong near fine condition with only mild-to-moderate shelf-wear, rubbing & sparse light bumping at select locales along fine-edges & corners of front, back covers & faint, fleck-like exhibits of rusting/bleeding to staples at interior & exterior, else pristine. Near Fine. [Item #5777]

Price: $25.00