num_pages: 368
description: First student of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Sam Kashner tells with humor and grace his life with the Beats. But the best story is Kashner himself -- the coming-of-age of a young man in the chaotic world of the very idols he hoped to emulate. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
language: English
title: When I Was Cool: My Life at the Jack Kerouac School
titlecomplete: When I Was Cool: My Life at the Jack Kerouac School
genres: Biography Memoir, Memoir, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 346
publisher: Harper Perennial