Helen Weaver Interview

Recent history has seen the women in the life of Jack Kerouac finally bring to public attention their side of the story. Portrayed in his work in what some deem a sexist manner, they have been releasing memoirs and telling the world about Kerouac. In... read more »

January 11, 2010 4:57 am / no comments

An Evening for Jack Kerouac

Monday 17 September 2007 18.30 – 20.00 British Library Conference Centre ____________________________ I was outside the British Library Conference Centre (which is over to the right of the main Library entrance) when Carolyn Cassady walked... read more »

July 9, 2009 10:21 am / no comments

Women of the Beat Generation

History has not been kind to the women of the Beat Generation. Their presence is largely unknown to most casual readers, and considered largely unimportant to those who would delve a little further. Perhaps it is because the feminists that followed... read more »

January 13, 2008 1:30 pm / 8 comments

Heart Beat Review

I was in a little beaten bookshop in San Luis Obispo, killing time on a hot and humid day, when I found an ancient copy of Carolyn Cassady’s Heart Beat: My Life with Jack & Neal. I laughed at the crude cover and the cheap and nasty advertising... read more »

January 13, 2008 9:00 am / no comments