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Book of blues

Author: Jack Kerouac
Publisher: New York : Penguin, 1995.
Series: Penguin poets
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Although he is best known as a writer of prose, Jack Kerouac was an important poet, his work described by Michael McClure as "startling in its majesty and comedy and gentleness and vision". These eight extended poems, composed between 1954 and 1961, offer exuberant forays into language and consciousness that combine rich imagery, complex internal rhythms, and a reverent attentiveness to the moments.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
Book of blues.
New York : Penguin, 1995
(OCoLC)603813736
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jack Kerouac
ISBN: 0140587004 9780140587005
OCLC Number: 31782496
Notes: "A Penguin original"--P. [4] of cover.
Description: xiii, 273 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents: San Francisco blues --
Richmond Hill blues --
Bowery blues --
Macdougal Street blues --
Desolation blues --
Orizaba 210 blues --
Orlanda blues --
Cerrada Medellin blues.
Series Title: Penguin poets
Responsibility: Jack Kerouac ; [introduction by Robert Creeley].
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Although he is best known as a writer of prose, Jack Kerouac was an important poet, his work described by Michael McClure as "startling in its majesty and comedy and gentleness and vision". These eight extended poems, composed between 1954 and 1961, offer exuberant forays into language and consciousness that combine rich imagery, complex internal rhythms, and a reverent attentiveness to the moments.

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