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Re: Digest for JackKe-@topica.com, issue 90
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Caris O'Malley
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Aug 16, 2004 08:31 PDT
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The copy I read was hardcover, but I got it from the library. The book was
interesting because it showed the Beats as they are not really shown. I
mean, this book showed Burroughs and Ginsberg, among others, as they really
were towards the ends of their lives. Sam Kashner was a fan of the Beats
when the "fad" had already ran its course. So, he chronicles his
interactions with the elderly, used-to-be-famous legends. I hope that helps.
The amazon.com review is probably a lot better then mine.
Caris
| | From: "Paul Maher Jr," <pmahe-@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: JackKe-@topica.com
To: JackKe-@topica.com
Subject: Re: Digest for JackKe-@topica.com, issue 90
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 12:23:00 -0700 (PDT)
What makes the book an interesting read? Is it a hardcover purchase? Or a
quic trade paper read? I think there's a difference which makes me buy or
not buy a hardcover book. Paul Maher
tommy williams <tskil-@yahoo.com> wrote:
TROLLE-@AOL.COM wrote:thanx,im gonna git me that thing for sure!!!! In
a message dated 7/15/2004 10:21:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
salkic-@hotmail.com writes:
I would like to take a moment to recommend "When I was Cool" by Sam
| | | | Kashner to anybody here who hasn't read it. It's a brand new book
(published 2004). I heard it mentioned here once, so I decided to check
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it
| | | | out. It's a very interesting take on the Post-Beat Generation. It's
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about
| | | | one man's (a guy who wanted to be a Beat but was too late) experience at
the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poets. He has a lot to say about
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a
| | | | side of the Beats never examined much. I've just started it and I'm
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loving
| | | | it. Go get it if you've already read all the other Beat stuff out there.
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Thanks for the recommendation, Caris. It sounds wonderful. I've just
ordered it from Amazon.
Alex
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