On the Road, by John Kerouac
Kerouac’s own “appealing commercial cover” sketch for On the Road identified him as John, not Jack. (Not only did he write and draw, he sang.)
Kerouac’s own “appealing commercial cover” sketch for On the Road identified him as John, not Jack. (Not only did he write and draw, he sang.)
A new edition of Groucho Marx’s collected letters — to E.B. White and T.S. Eliot, among others — marks 30 years since his death.
William Gibson’s Second Life reading got so packed beforehand, he had to enter through the virtual fire escape. (Thanks, Lauren.)
Speaking of Rupert Thomson: I’m interviewing him at McNally Robinson tonight at 7 p.m.
Margaret Drabble acknowledges that she has been “deeply influenced by Hardy and his rather gloomy view of destiny.”