Gerald Nicosia

"By far the best of the many books published about Jack Kerouac's life and work, accurately and clearly written, with a sure feeling for Jack's own prose."--William S. Burroughs "Gerald Nicosia's dedicated scholarship in Memory Babe has added important new material that significantly expands our knowledge of Kerouac and his literary achievement."--Ann Charters, editor of The Portable Beat Reader

A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac

Memory Babe

Anne Marie Santos

Relies on personal interviews to tell the life of Lu Anne Henderson, focusing on her role in "On the Road," marriage to Neal Cassady, friendship with Jack Kerouac, and impact on the Beat Generation.

The Untold Story of On the Road and of Lu Anne Henderson, the Woman who Started Jack and Neal on Their Journey

One and Only

Biographie complète consacrée au poète d'origine canadienne française, fondateur de la Beat generation. L'auteur a travaillé six ans sur son projet et rencontré trois cents personnes ayant bien connu Kerouac. Pour W. Burroughs, c'est le meilleur des nombreux ouvrages publiés sur la vie et l'oeuvre de l'auteur de ##Sur la route##.

une biographie critique de Jack Kerouac

Memory babe

Details the struggles of those who served in Vietnam to deal with the negative reaction at home, their role in the anti-war movement, and their battle for medical help and compensation for Agent Orange and post-traumatic stress.

A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement

Home to War

Poetry. The witty, heartfelt and compassionate poems of Gerald Nicosia's first collection come alive in his extraordinary narrative style. Known for his seminal biography of Jack Kerouac, Memory Babe, and the important work on Vietnam Veterans, Home to War, Nicosia evokes the spirit and vitality of the poets from the Beat Generation, yet he speaks with a voice all his own. Haunting and expressive illustrations by Jakub Kalousek are also include in the book and capture Nicosia's intense imagery.

Poems

Lunatics, Lovers, Poets, Vets & Bargirls

Maxine Hong Kingston

Jerry Kamstra

And Other Memories of China

Night Train to Shanghai

Beloved by both Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, Lu Anne Henderson’s story has never been told. Lu Anne was a beautiful 15-year-old girl in Denver in 1945 when she met Neal, a fast-talking hurricane of male sexuality and vast promises. The two married, and soon they were hanging out with a group of would-be writers, including Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. But Neal and Jack initially didn’t like each other very much. Lu Anne taught them how to love each other — in effect, making the Beat Generation possible, as well as giving Kerouac material for one of the seminal novels of the 20th century, On the Road. One and Only traces the immense struggles of Lu Anne’s own life, which ranged from the split-up of her family to the ravages of abusive men, lingering illness, and the grief of losing the two most important men in her life. Lu Anne Henderson did not live to see the filming of On the Road by Walter Salles, but One and Only tells how Twilight’s Kristen Stewart, through her work with both Nicosia and Anne Marie Santos (Lu Anne's daughter), came to find the key to playing Lu Anne in the film.

The Untold Story of On the Road

Discusses how Lu Anne Henderson fostered the friendship between the writer Jack Kerouac and her husband Neal Cassady, and became one of the inspirations for Kerouac's most famous work, "On the Road."

The Untold Story of On the Road and LuAnne Henderson, the Woman Who Started Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady on Their Journey

Vagabundeó por EEUU y ejerció los oficios más diversos. Hacia 1950, conoció a Burroughs y Ginsberg y, junto a ellos, practicó lo que se convirtió en el modelo de vida de la "beat generation": el nomadismo, el rechazo a la opulencia americana.

Jack Kerouac

Beloved by both Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, Lu Anne Henderson has never told her story. Lu Anne was a beautiful 15-year-old girl in Denver in 1945 when she met Neal, a fast-talking hurricane of male sexuality. The two married, and soon they were hanging out with a group of young would-be writers, including Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. But Neal and Jack initially didn’t like each other. Lu Anne ended up loving them both, and she taught them how to love each other — giving Kerouac material for one of the seminal novels of the 20th century, On the Road. One and Only traces the immense struggles of Lu Anne’s life, from the split-up of her family during the Great Depression to the ravages of abusive men and a late-life heroin addiction. It shows how her life intertwined with Jack’s and Neal’s to the very end.

Gerald Nicosia

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