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