You're a Genius All the Time

5 x 6 in; 96 pp ; 15 b/w photographs
Hardcover
Published in August, 2009
ISBN 9780811870269
ISBN10 081187026X

$12.95  

You're a Genius All the Time -- Jack Kerouac's musings on the creative process are collected together for the first time in this exquisite book. In the 1950s Allen Ginsberg asked Kerouac to formally describe his "spontaneous prose" method, resulting in a list of maxims called Belief and Technique for Modern Prose. Kerouac entertains with sage advice, whether he's offering a sublime reminder to "believe in the holy contour of life" or a practical admonition to "accept loss forever." With a foreword by Kerouac scholar Regina Weinreich and select photos from the Kerouac Estate, You're a Genius All the Time is a beautiful and intimate work of inspiration.

Jack Kerouac is best known as the chronicler of the Beat Generation. His books include On the Road, The Dharma Bums, The Subterraneans, and Desolation Angels.

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Essential!

2010-01-25 | 8:53 PM | Lauren Gibaldi

This small book is beautifully (and simply) bound. The beginning section (his Belief's and Techniques) is full of excellent and appropriate black and white photographs of Kerouac and his friends doing what they do best - living. The typography is great - fast, bold and lively, just like them. The second half of the book (his Essentials), is simpler, with a basic courier new typewriter font. It's more descriptive, and less spur of the moment. Essentially, it's perfect for what he's saying. I can't say enough how much I like Kerouac's style. It's crazy and utterly confusing at times, but it's him and I appreciate that. The book is inspiring for any writer, and an essential for any beat fan.