Contents
On the Road
Good Blonde
Introduction to The Americans
On the Road to Florida
The Great Western Bus Ride
The Rumbling, Rambling Blues
On the Beats
Aftermath: The Philosophy of the Beat Generation
Lamb, No Lion
The Origins of the Beat Generation
On Writing
Essentials of Spontaneous Prose
Belief & Technique for Modern Prose
On Poets & Poetics
Are Writers Made or Born?
Written Address to the Italian Judge
Shakespeare and the Outsider
On Céline
Biographical Notes
Observations
“Among the Fantastic Wits …”
Not Long Ago Joy Abounded at Christmas
Home at Christmas
The Beginning of Bop
Nosferatu (Dracula)
On Sports
Ronnie on the Mound
Three for the St. Petersburg Independent
In the Ring
Last Words
The Last Word
The First Word
My Cat Tyke
“What Am I Thinking About?”
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Editor’s Note
About the Author