Jack Kerouac Autograph Manuscript Signed.
$75,000 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · Signed
February 28,1964. Autograph manuscript signed, being Kerouac’s answers to twelve typed questions from Robert Dodd, two pages, quarto, 28 February 1964. Kerouac candidly replies to a young man’s questions. Given a ninth-grade classroom assignment to contact his favorite writer, Robert Dodd chose Jack Kerouac. The author provides lengthy answers to the young Dodd's questions. On the question of his changing writing style Kerouac explains: "The Town and the City was my first, young man novel when I was just starting our trying to write like Thomas Wolfe -- Lonesome Traveler is a product of my own style which I developed in later years, spontaneous writing' with no looking back, in my own laws of storytelling -- OUTER SPACE PROSE! My own original invention." On the question of being classified as a “Beatnik” or a "way-out" writer, Kerouac responds: "'Way-out' yes, but I never was a Beatnik – it was the newspapers and critics who tagged that label on me -- I never had a beard, never wore sandals, avoided the company bohemians and their politics, and always had a job on the road like in Lonesome T on railroads, ships, etc." On the question of his philosophy of life, Kerouac responds: “My philosophy now is ‘No Philosophy,’ just ‘Things-As-They-Are.’” On the question of career goals. the author simply writes: “Be a great writer making everybody believe in Heaven.” Answering the question of the ideal way of life, Kerouac responds: “Hermit in the woods…”, and his thoughts on fame: “My
- Year: 1964
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: unknown
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