Empty Phantoms: Interviews and Encounters with Jack Kerouac
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1560256583 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorPaul Maher, Jr., is one of the young lions of Kerouac scholarship; what's more, many of Kerouac’s family, friends, and contemporaries (including John Sampas and David Amram) endorse Maher. UPDATE: In April '05, "Kerouac" was named a finalist for the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award in the category of biography.. It's been selected by both "Biography" magazine and "Vanity Fair" for their "Hot Lists." It's also received endorsements from Kerouac's literary executor John Sampas, composer David Amram (author of "Offbeat: Collaborating with Kerouac"), and historian Douglas Brinkley (author of "Rosa Parks;" "The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter’s Journey beyond the White House;" and "American Heritage's History of the United Sta
Empty Phantoms: Collected Interviews with Jack Kerouac gathers together, for the first time in one volume, all known printed, recorded, and filmed interviews—including those celebrated, infamous, or obscure—with the acclaimed American writer and father of the Beats, Jack Kerouac.In many instances, the interviews are transcribed from original tapes and are either unabridged, like the famous "Paris Review" interview in which the journal was excised for space constraints, or unexpurgated, such as in the infamous Northport Library interview, which had been edited to avoid issues of libel and charges of anti-Semitism. Buckley, conducted the interviews, it is Kerouac who dominates the proceedings, with his energy, wit, passion, anger, astute insights, playfulness, literary integrity, and searching spirituali
Last look at Kerouac. Bobby K. Daugherty There are those who feel that Kerouac was underrated and those who feel he is overrated. Perhaps we are looking into his work for the wrong reasons. I will always revere Jack as my favorite writer, because aside from whatever personal problems may be attributed to him. He reminds me of what a true writer is capable of, he reminds me that life is never mediocre or mundane it always holds promise. There
Maher served as editor of The Kerouac Quarterly, to which he contributed, and wrote "The Seeds of Galloway: Jack Kerouac’s Lowell" (Eastern National, 1999), published for America’s National Parks system. UPDATE: In April '05, "Kerouac" was named a finalist for the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award in the category of biography.. He also teaches a course on Kerouac at Middlesex Community College.Maher’s "Kerouac: The Definitive Biography" (Taylor Trad