"He taught him horsemanship, archery and how to wield lasso, rein and stirrup, and what and when and how, the rites of of convivial society, of formal ceremony and the symposium; hawking, falconry and how to hunt with the cheetah; what was justice or the lack of it; what the throne and the crown meant; how to deliver orations and how to go to war and lead an army."
The Shahnameh (courtesy of R.A.W.)
Sunday, March 10, 2013
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There'll be no editing. This book was dictated by the Holy Ghost.
- Jack Kerouac, upon being told his manuscript of On the Road (typed onto a 120 ft. roll of teletype paper) would need to be cut into pages for editing.
First read it aged 14 while in the reform school. A truly inspirational book which put me 'on the road' to many other great books. I was years later that I learned about the method of it's writing. SBW
Believe it was a Paris Review interview where Malcolm Cowley said he helped edit the book multiple times despite the hype and myth surrounding Kerouac's methods.
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First read it aged 14 while in the reform school. A truly inspirational book which put me 'on the road' to many other great books. I was years later that I learned about the method of it's writing.
SBW
Some of my freelancers feel that way about their news copy ;)
Jim Cornelius
www.frontierpartisans.com
Some of my freelancers feel that way about their news copy ;)
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I bet!
Believe it was a Paris Review interview where Malcolm Cowley said he helped edit the book multiple times despite the hype and myth surrounding Kerouac's methods.
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