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  "High School introduced at young age (15 & 16) to Emily Dickinson, who is probably greatest American poet I realize now": Rare Graduate Student Questionnaire Completed and Signed by Jack Kerouac with a lengthy inscription

  KEROUAC, Jack.

  Jack Kerouac Autograph Questionnaire Signed.

  1960.

  Rare mimeographed questionnaire sent by a graduate student of City College of New York to Jack Kerouac; completed and signed twice by him with a lengthy inscription in conclusion. Two pages, partially printed the questionnaire begins with a typed letter signed by James A. Sherlock politely requesting Kerouac's response which reads in part: "Dear Mr. Kerouac, I am a graduate student of City College of New York, working upon an original research project aimed at uncovering certain educational factors in the lives of successful writers. As you undoubtedly know, there always has been considerable interest in analyzing the psychological make-up of the writer, but seldom has the more prosaic factor of the writer's education been taken into consideration. Through this questionnaire, I would like to find out if the average successful writer considers his high school education in English a help or a hindrance in preparing him for his profession. Did frequent composition assignments aid the writer in improving his skill? Did reading - either outside reading or reading assigned in the classroom - play a small or large part in preparing the writer for his work?" Completed by Kerouac, in his hand, the questionnaire reads: Reading During High School: 1. In your high school days, did you prefer...

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  "So figure some way to explain to her, boy, you know women better’n I do...": Rare autograph letter signed by Jack Kerouac to close friend Ed White

  KEROUAC, Jack.

  Jack Kerouac Autograph Letter Signed.

  1954.

  Rare autograph letter signed by Jack Kerouac to close friend Ed White. Bifoliate leaf, one page covered; pencil. With envelope addressed in autograph, postmarked Jamaica, New York. The letter reads in full, "Fri. Jan. 7 Dear Ed - For reasons completely unexplainable to someone like Beverly I'd on New Year's Eve made a vow not to leave the house (my hermitage) till I'd accomplished 2 things, (1) a certain piece of writing, (2) a certain term of reading - study and tranquil meditation - so when she called last night I had nothing to say in defense of my private plans + said I'd see her Saturday, + you today, etc. but in conscience I can't leave this room till I've done what I vowed to do - so figure some way to explain to her, boy, you know women better'n I do - Before I head for California in February I'll drop up to Columbia to see you - As ever, Jack." The recipient, Edward Divine White Jr. was lifelong friend to Jack Kerouac from 1947 to Kerouac's death in 1969. The pair exchanged over 90 letters and postcards throughout those years and White notably appeared in Kerouac's On the Road as the character Tim Gray, in Visions of Cody as Ed Gray, and in Book of Dreams as Al Green and Guy Green. Kerouac and White met in the fall of 1946 at Columbia University through mutual friend Hal...

  Price: $7,800.00     Item Number: 145634

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