Jack Kerouac poems, 1966-1971.

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Jack Kerouac poems, 1966-1971.

The collection consists of three poems: typewritten copy of Mexico City Blues, I79th Chorus, inscribed To Lydia by Kerouac and dated 13 Sept. 1966; blank verse commentary on a Hugo Weber painting titled, An Imaginary Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant/Edgar Allen Poe, printed in broadside by Portents, c1967, with photograph of Weber's painting by Ann Charters, limited to 200 copies; broadside poem titled Hymn, credited to Kerouac in 1959, published by Yes! Press, Portland, Oregon, c1971.

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Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969

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Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist of French Canadian ancestry, who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Raised in a French-speaking home in Lowell, Massachusetts, Kerouac learned English at age six and spoke with a marked accent into his late teens. Kerouac spent much of his youth engaged in sports and other physical activities. His athletic prowess earned him a...

Weber, Hugo, 1918-1971

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Painter; New York, N.Y.; b. 1918 in Basel, Switzerland; d. August 15, 1971. From the description of Hugo Weber papers, 1932-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81680558 ...