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  • Paul A Maher Jr
    • Mar 21
    • 1 min read

Kerouac on Visions of Gerard


"Just read Visions of Gerard & am amazed that Cowley & everybody arent amazed by such a jewel of a book! (not to mention Mary Cassidy) –– instead, SILENCE –– O it’s true, that genius is lonely –– young kids will weep over these books of mine long after I’ve died broke –– O Fuck America! Fuck the whole seedy world! I’m seedy?" July 1957

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