Archive for May 2012
what’s the cruelest thing you can do to jack kerouac?
“The cruellest thing you can do to Kerouac is reread him at thirty-eight.”
― Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
Having never thought much of Kerouac, I don’t know what good rereading him would do. I wonder if it works for Burroughs. William Deresiewicz tries it out on Vonnegut.
advice of the day
“If you don’t know how to swim, then don’t jump in the river”.
Did not know that.