Truth and Beautiful Meaningful Lies

Kerouac Jack

Description

Truth and Beautiful Meaningful Lies is a collection of memorable quotes from one of the most quoted writers in American literature.

One of the most celebrated writers in American literature, Jack Kerouac helped an entire generation of post-WWII Americans explore a purpose beyond the standard narrative values, spiritual ideologies, and economic materialism that was rampant throughout pre-war America. Alongside prominent beat writers like Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, Kerouac crafted a magnum opus that would later be connected to counterculture movements throughout the 1960s.

His extensive collection of novels, short stories, poetry, journals, letters, and other writings are often littered with long-winded reflections, observations, proclamations, and other mad ramblings about life, love, loss, loneliness, and the search for a new American identity. Constantly pivoting from a recluse searching “...once and for all what is the meaning of all this existence and suffering and going to and fro in vain,” to a seasoned road-warrior exploring the country and sifting through the profound philosophies of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, and the meaning of Dharma, Kerouac’s spontaneous style of prose generates a kind of unpolished wisdom that leaves a lasting impression long after reading.

The insights and quotes assembled in this book have been woven into a patchwork of reoccurring themes found throughout Kerouac’s writings, such as adventure, life, self-reflection, and spirituality are heavily featured, but more niche quotes around topics like cats, coffee, music, and sports can also be found. This collection pulls from prominent novels such as Big Sur, Desolation Angels, The Dharma Bums, On the Road: The Original Scroll, The Subterraneans, Tristessa, Vanity of Duluoz, and Visions of Cody, as well as some of his selected short stories, poems, letters, and journals.

Whether you’re new to Kerouac, searching for inspiration in his words, or are a self-proclaimed “mad one” looking to make sense of it all, this quote book will undoubtedly serve as a go-to reference for the discerning Kerouac reader.

Sujets

• Quotations
• Reference

Informations

• Publié par: Rare Bird Books
• Date de parution: 13 juin 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781644283936
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

this is a genuine rare bird & sal paradise press book
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Copyright © 2023 by Jim Sampas, Literary Executor, The Estate of Jack Kerouac
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Concept by Sylvia Cunha Cover image of Jack Kerouac by Allen Ginsberg and courtesy of the Estate of Allen Ginsberg Interior image of Jack Kerouac courtesy of the Estate of Jack Kerouac Art & Book Title by Schae Koteles Cover Design by Schae Koteles and Robert Schlofferman Interior Design by Hailie Johnson
hardcover isbn : 9781644282908 epub isbn : 9781644283936
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022946726
Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data available upon request.



COPYRIGHTS
ATOP AN UNDERWOOD: Early Stories and Other Writings . Copyright © 1999 The Estate of Stella Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House
BIG SUR . Copyright © 1962 Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House
BOOK OF BLUES . Copyright © 1995 The Estate of Stella Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House
BOOK OF DREAMS . Copyright © 2001 The Estate of Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of City Lights Books
BOOK OF HAIKUS . Copyright © 2003 The Estate of Stella Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House
BOOK OF SKETCHES . Copyright © 2006 The Estate of Stella Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House
DESOLATION ANGELS . Copyright © 1965 Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House
DESOLATION PEAK: Collected Writings . Copyright © 2022 Jim Sampas, Literary Executor, The Estate of Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Sal Paradise Press and Rare Bird Books.
THE DHARMA BUMS . Copyright © 1958 The Estate of Stella Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House.
DOOR WIDE OPEN: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957–1958 . Copyright © 1999 The Estate of Stella Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House.
DR. SAX . Copyright © 1959 Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Grove Press.
GOOD BLONDE & OTHERS . Copyright © 1993 The Estate of Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of City Lights Books.
THE HAUNTED LIFE: And Other Writers . Copyright © 2013 The Estate of Stella Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Da Capo Press, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
HEAVEN & OTHER POEMS . Copyright © 1959 Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of City Lights Books.
JACK KEROUAC: Collected Poems . Copyright © 2012 The Estate of Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Library of America.
JACK KEROUAC AND ALLEN GINSBERG: The Letters . Copyright © 2010 The Estate of Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House.
JACK KEROUAC: Selected Letters, 1940–1956 . Copyright © 1995 The Estate of Stella Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House.
JACK KEROUAC: Selected Letters, 1957–1969 . Copyright © 1999 The Estate of Stella Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random Hous.e
LONESOME TRAVELER . Copyright © 1960 Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Grove Press.
MAGGIE CASSIDY . Copyright © 1959 Jack Kerouac | Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House.
MEXICO CITY BLUES . Copyright © 1959 Jack Kerouac .Reprinted by permission of Grove Press.
OLD ANGEL MIDNIGHT . Copyright © 1959 Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of City Lights Books.
ON THE ROAD . Copyright © 1955 Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House.
ON THE ROAD: The Original Scroll . Copyright © 2007, John Sampas Literary Representative, Nancy Bump, and Anthony M. Sampas. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House.
ORPHEUS EMERGED . Copyright © 2000 The Estate of Stella Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of iBooks.
POMES ALL SIZES . Copyright © 1992 The Estate of Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of City Lights Books.
THE PORTABLE JACK KEROUAC . Copyright © 1995 The Estate of Stella Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House.
SATORI IN PARIS & PIC . Copyright © 1966 Jack Kerouac & Copyright © 1971 The Estate of Jack Kerouac (PIC). Reprinted by permission of Grove Press.
SCATTERED POEMS . Copyright © 1971 Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of City Lights Books.
THE SCRIPTURE OF THE GOLDEN ETERNITY . Copyright © 1960 Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of City Lights Books.
THE SEA IS MY BROTHER . Copyright © 2011 The Estate of Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Da Capo Press, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc
SOME OF THE DHARMA . Copyright © 1997 The Estate of Stella Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House.
THE SUBTERRANEANS . Copyright © 1958 Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Grove Press.
TRISTESSA . Copyright © 1960 The Estate of Stella Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House.
THE UNKNOWN KEROUAC: Rare, Unpublished, & Newly Translated Writings . Copyright © 2016 The Estate of Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Library of America.
VANITY OF DULUOZ . Copyright © 1967 Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House.
VISIONS OF CODY . Copyright © 1960 Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House.
VISIONS OF GERARD . Copyright © 1958 Jack Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House.
WINDBLOWN WORLD: The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947–1954 | Copyright © 2004 The Estate of Stella Kerouac. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House.


THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF JACK KEROUAC

“I wonder why our life must quiver between beauty and guilt, consummation and sadness, desire and regret, immortality and tattered moments unknowable, truth and beautiful meaningful lies.”— Jack Kerouac


Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT JACK KEROUAC
INTRODUCTION
ADVENTURE
ALONENESS
AMERICA
ARTISTRY
BEAT GENERATION
CATS
COFFEE
DEATH
DREAMS
DRINKING
EDUCATION
FAME/SUCCESS
HOLIDAYS
INSPIRATION
LIFE
LOSS
LOVE
LOWELL
THE MAD ONES
MUSIC
NATURE
PHOTOGRAPHY
POLITICS
RELATIONSHIPS
SELF-REFLECTION
SMOKING
SPIRITUALITY
SPORTS
WISDOM
WIT
WORLD
WRITING



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SYLVIA CUNHA
Dear Jack, thank you for inspiring me and so many other like-minded “mad ones.” It’s an honor to share your work with younger generations who may not know that you have influenced their favorite actor/actress, artist, musician, writer, etc. This one is for you.
I am deeply grateful to Jim Sampas and the Jack Kerouac Estate.
In memory of my mom and dad. Sending all my love to Madalena & Raul Cunha.
Hello, Schae Koteles, this is also for you.
Thanks to my uncle Frank Lobao, Fabio Bettencourt, Amelia Sousa, Shayla Collins, Tony Gallea, Theresa Caputo, Victoria Woods, Deb Belanger, Cassandra Lobao, Matt Lumia, Jackson Lobao, Adriel Cepeda, Scott Lee, Cody DeLong, Stuart Vallans, Seamus Menihane, Melissa Farrington, Michelle McCormack, Clay Fernald, Jeremy Saffer, Leah Urbano, Bridget Duggan, Maria F Silva, Alexandrina Baker, Olga Bettencourt, Aurelindo & Isabel Cunha, all the Cunha kids, Charlene Silva, the Koteles family, Sandra Shuman, Kim Walker-Chin, Ed Feijo, Brad Jefferson, Wednesday Night crew, the bistro squad of Diane Snow, Andie Egan, and Sara O’Reilly, 36BSR Live Nation crew, Bowery/AEG crew, Lowell Auditorium crew, Lynn Auditorium crew, Lowell Folk Festival crew, MC crew, Margo Flint & Boston Calling crew, @RoccoBird for always being at my side, all my family and friends for the support, Pleasant St, Kearney Sq, 1,049 days of head vs heart, the tiny parish of Fontes in Graciosa Açores Portugal for beginning it all, Lowell for instilling true grit, and much love to Madonna, Adele, and Alanis for the soundtrack during this process.
JIM SAMPAS
I’m endlessly indebted to Sylvia Cunha for her heartfelt devotion to furthering Jack Kerouac’s work in such meaningful and creative ways.
Thank you, Gemma and Chloe Sampas, for your never-ending inspiration.
Special thanks to John Shen-Sampas, Maria Perritano, Mary-Claire Paicopolis, Dorothy Sampas, John Lash, Tony Sampas, Nancy Bump, George Sampas, Lawrence Sampas, Betty Sampas, Rachel Reisman, Joel Reisman, Simon Warner, Paul Marion, Matthew Kaplan, Dave Metzler, Mike Downie, Kurt Hemmer, Erin Hemmer, Johnny Surprenant, Robert Allen, Sonya Kolowrat, Edward Edwards, M. C. Taylor, Lee Renaldo, Andrew Smiles, David Greenberg, J. C. Cloutier, Lois Sorrells, and Sebastian Beckwith.
BOTH WISH TO THANK
Jeff Posternak, Andrew Wylie, Tucker Smith, Veronica Brusilovski, Luke Ingram and everyone at The Wylie Agency for their wisdom and guidance.
The team at Rare Bird and beyond for believing in the dream: Tyson Cornell, Hailie Johnson, Guy Intoci, Alexandra Watts, Mike McNamara, Nicole Brand, Shook & Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse, Aaron Espinoza, Doug Cooper, and Chris Heiser.
Publishers Group West especially Kevin Votel, and Allyn Savage.
City Lights Books, Da Capo Press/ Hachette Book Group, Grove Press, Library of America, and Penguin Random House.
Paul Slovak, Peter Blackstock, Elaine Katzenberger, Max Rudin, and Ben Schafer for collaborating with us on this very special collection.
The incredible people and organizations who keep Jack’s legacy alive in so many ways:
John Shen-Sampas, David Amram, Schae Koteles, Kim Jones, Peter Hale, Si