Doctor Sax: Faust Part Three | 
Happy 100th Birthday, Jack Kerouac! Kerouac receives a lot of slack now for being a dudebro writer & while some of the criticism is fair, it would be incredibly disingenuous of me to not acknowledge the role that he played in my reading life. Reading on the Road when I was 18 was a rite of passage & there are certain exuberant passages that I still vividly recall. More than OTR, I was intrigued & haunted by the mysterious figure of Dr. Sax.👇
vivastory To this day one of the most vivid reading experiences of my life was in my early 20s & sitting on a bench at Mystic Aquarium with tears streaming down my face as I finished the devastating pages of Big Sur. (edited) 3y
wanderinglynn I devoured his poetry when I was younger. 3y
vivastory @wanderinglynn Mexico City Blues was always a favorite 👏 3y
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Leftcoastzen “and nobody,nobody knows what‘s going to happen to anybody besides the forlorn rags of growing old,I think of Dean Moriarty,I even think of Old Dean Moriarty the father we never found,I think of Dean Moriarty.” 3y
vivastory @Leftcoastzen 💙 💙 3y
youneverarrived I love vivid reading memories like that 🤍 3y
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