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a beat love affair in letters, 1957-1958
By Kerouac, Jack & Johnson, Joyce L.
- ISBN
- 978-0-67089-040-8
- Publisher
- New York : Viking, c2000.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2000
In January 1957, 21-year-old Joyce Johnson (then Glassman) met and fell in love with Jack Kerouac. These letters chart the course of their unsteady relationship over the better part of two years. By her own admission, Johnson was "naively, dangerously romantic," a firm believer that love could conquer all. Considerably older and tw...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
