The unknown Kerouac
Subtitle: rare, unpublished, & newly translated writings
By: Todd Tietchen, editor ; Jean-Christophe Cloutier, translator
Contributors: Tietchen, Todd F., editor; Cloutier, Jean-Christophe, translator; Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969; Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969
Series: The Library of America -- 283; Library of America -- 283.
Publisher: The Library of America
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9781598534986
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: American Authors
Other titles: Rare, unpublished, & newly translated writings; Jack Kerouac
Description: Presents a collection of never-before-published and newly translated writings by the legendary author and provides insight into his path to a wholly new style of storytelling.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-466).

Translated from the French.
Table of contents: title: On Frank Sinatra; title: America in world history; title: A couple of facts concerning laws of decadence; title: On contemporary jazz,"Bebop"; title: Private philologies, riddles, and a ten-day writing log; title: The night is my woman [La nuit est ma femme]; title: Journal 1951; title: Old Bull in the Bowery [Sur le chemin]; title: Tics; title: Memory babe; title: Doing literary work : an interview with Jack Kerouac; title: Beat spotlight; title: Appendix: I wish I were you.