Search Results for: Joan Anderson Letter
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Read more...An Excerpt from the Joan Anderson Letter – Journal of Alta California
To say we’ve been eager to finally read the heretofore unpublished portions of the Joan Anderson Letter would be a profoundly absurd understatement. Yet, while the complete text of Neal Cassady’s legendary letter to Jack Kerouac has yet to be made available to the public, you can read this exclusive excerpt from the Joan Anderson […]
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Read more...National Post (Canada): The Joan Anderson Letter
The real story behind the long-lost, drug-fuelled ‘Holy Grail’ letter that inspired On The Road
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Read more...The Joan Anderson Letter: Gerd Stern and Mike McQuate
The finding of ‘The Joan Anderson Letter’ written by Neal Cassady to Jack Kerouac in December, 1950 is a critically important event in the history of The Beat Generation. It has been called ‘The Holy Grail’ of The Beat Generation because it was this letter that caused Kerouac to radically shift his style of writing […]
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Read more...The Joan Anderson Letter: Gerd Stern & Mike McQuate
The man who saved the Joan Anderson Letter meets the man whose reputation he saved. For sixty years, Gerd Stern was the guy who ‘lost’ the Joan Anderson Letter. Allen Ginsberg said he gave it to Gerd for publication by Ace Books and when Ace rejected it, Gerd never gave it back. Jack Kerouac, in […]
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The Lost Letter: The Joan Anderson Letter Revealed
The Holy Grail of Beat Writing Rises from its Watery Grave Why the Joan Anderson Letter is so Important Why I Think This Letter is the Real Deal What I Would Like to See Happen with this Letter More Info The Holy Grail of Beat Writing Rises from its Watery Grave All kidding aside, I […]
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Read more...Neal Cassady’s “Joan Anderson Letter” Found!
The Holy Grail of Beat Writing Rises from its Watery Grave Why the Joan Anderson Letter is so Important Why I Think This Letter is the Real Deal What I Would Like to See Happen with this Letter More Info The Holy Grail of Beat Writing Rises from its Watery Grave All kidding aside, I […]
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Read more...Famed Cassady letter to Kerouac to go up for auction
Joan Anderson Letter finally hits the auction block
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Gerd Stern @ 90
Gerd Stern joins the circle of Beat nonagenarians this year, and we’re hosting a gathering to celebrate! Gerd has worn many hats over the last 90 years, from Beat poet to psychedelic media artist, and most recently, was vindicated as the poet who did not lose the Joan Anderson Letter over the side of his […]
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An Evening with Gerd Stern
Join Gerd Stern as he returns to the Beat Museum for a night of poetry and storytelling. Gerd Stern is a poet and multi-media artist. He has a number of published books of poetry and his Oral History was published by ROHO, University of California at Berkeley in 2002. Stern was a founder of the […]
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Advisory Board
Read about our plans for Preserving the Legacy of the Beats If we are going to be successful at raising the large sum of money necessary to buy our own building for the new permanent Beat Museum we need to show that this idea has broad support. Our motto for this Building Campaign is “Good […]
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Read more...Neal Cassady: The Monsignor’s Godson
From the streets of Denver to the cells of San Quentin, the files of Monsignor John Harley Schmitt.