Book of sketches, 1952-57
by Bemis/Flaherty Collection of Gay Poetry, Kerouac, Jack
fromPenguin poets
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Type: Book
"In 1951, it was suggested to Jack Kerouac by his friend Ed White that he "sketch in the streets like a painter but with words." In August of the following year, Kerouac began writing down prose poem "sketches" in small notebooks that he kept in the breast pockets of his shirts.…