"Stuff is eaten by dogs, broken by family and friends, sanded down by the wind, frozen by the mountains, lost by the prairie, burnt off by the sun, washed away by the rain. So you are left with dogs, family, friends, sun, rain, wind, prairie and mountains. What more do you want?"
Federico Calboli
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.
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.
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Some of my freelancers feel that way about their news copy ;)
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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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