When I was cool

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.

subjects: American Poets,  Authorship,  Beat generation,  Biography,  Biography & Autobiography,  History,  Homes and haunts,  Influence,  Intellectual life,  Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics,  Nonfiction,  Poetry,  Poets, American,  Study and teaching,  Freundeskreis,  Beats (Persons),  Homes,  New York Times reviewed,  Kerouac, jack, 1922-1969,  Poetry, authorship

People: Jack Kerouac (1922-1969),  Sam Kashner

Places: Colorado

Times: 20th century