Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958 by Jack Kerouac, Joyce Johnson

Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958

Jack Kerouac, Joyce Johnson

232 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir reflective sad slow-paced
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On a blind date in Greenwich Village set up by Allen Ginsberg, Joyce Johnson (then Joyce Glassman) met Jack Kerouac in January 1957, nine months before he became famous overnight with the publication of On the Road. She was an adventurous, indepen...

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emotional 100%
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reflective 100%
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