Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation
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Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation is the American
novel
ist and poet
Jack Kerouac
's third album and was released in 1960.
. The album is included in the CD box set The Jack Kerouac Collection.
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Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
ist and poet
Poetry
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Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
Jean-Louis "Jack" Lebris de Kerouac was an American novelist and poet. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing, covering topics such as Catholic...
's third album and was released in 1960.
History
Unlike Kerouac's two previous albums, this release features no musical accompaniment. The album was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Recording PackageGrammy Award for Best Recording Package
The Grammy Award for Best Recording Package is one of a series of Grammy Awards presented for the visual look of an album. It is presented to the art director of the winning album, not to the performer, except if the performer is also the art director....
. The album is included in the CD box set The Jack Kerouac Collection.
Side One
- San Francisco Scene – (The Beat Generation)
- San Francisco Blues (Fragments): San Francisco / Street Scene / Money Honey / Westinghouse Elevators / Old Age / Praised Be Man / The Sad Turtle
- Lucien Midnight: The Sounds of the Universe in My Window: Excerpt I / Excerpt II
- History of Bop
Bonus Track on 1990 CD issue
- Is There A Beat Generation? (Taken from the "Is There A Beat Generation?" forum, sponsored by Brandeis UniversityBrandeis UniversityBrandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
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, November 6, 1958)