Rummaging in boxes in search of something that was never found, an item did reveal itself. This ticket you see here pictured. Was sort of a half shock to realise it was over 40 years ago. The event, my memory tells me it might have been, at least partially, organised by Goldmark Books in Uppingham…
Beat Scene First Words
Actual letter that Jack Kerouac typed and sent to Neal Cassady on March 25, 1957. Neal and Carolyn Cassady were living at Los Gatos and Kerouac often visited them there. Looks like Jack typed his letter but added a few handwritten PS extras. His wish to move to California is clearly apparent and his disenchantment…
More Beat Scene First Words
It was 1972 when I first heard of Compendium Bookshop in London. I was 21. [I was saving hard for a first trip to the USA]. In love with my idea of America and I’d not long discovered Jack Kerouac. [Thanks to Mr. Smith at evening classes and my pal Mart Postlethwaite, we shared…