Herbert Huncke papers: [ca.1989-1992]

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Herbert Huncke papers: [ca.1989-1992]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36572397

Chiefly editor's proofs of Guilty of everything: the autobiography of Herbert Huncke, with holograph corrections, along with a transcript of a conversation between Huncke and Don Kennison, which did not appear as an afterword in the book as originally intended. Includes a few miscellaneous writings, notebooks, and loose diary entries, with 3 letters to "Jason". Also includes notes regarding the film, The beat generation, an American dream, by Janet Forman, ca. 1986.

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Huncke, Herbert

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Huncke is credited with introducing the term "beat". He met Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs in the 1940s and introduced them to the "seamier" side of life. Huncke appears as a character in Kerouac's On the road, Burrough's Junkie, and John Holme's Go. From the description of Herbert Huncke papers: [ca.1989-1992] (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 36572397 Author and friend of Allen Ginsberg. Huncke was born 9 January 1915. ...