{"product_id":"old-angel-midnight-paperback","title":"Old Angel Midnight - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Kerouac\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnn Charters\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by), \u003cb\u003eMichael McClure\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Angel Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the great delights of the boundless improvisational world. Jack Kerouac's ear is peerless, manifesting structures otherwise impossible. A masterpiece of the mind freed to fly. Read it aloud, for yourself, 'for the sake of reading, and for the sake of the Tongue ... Let's hear the Sound of the Universe, son.'--\u003cb\u003eClark Coolidge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Angel Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e is a treasure trove of Kerouac's experiments with automatic writing, a method he practiced constantly to sharpen his imaginative reflexes. Recorded in a series of notebooks between 1956-1959, what Kerouac called his endless automatic writing piece began while he shared a cabin with poet Gary Snyder. Kerouac tried to emulate Snyder's daily Buddhist meditation discipline, using the technique of letting go to free his mind for pure spontaneous writing, annotating the stream of words flowing through his consciousness in response to auditory stimuli and his own mental images.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKerouac continued his exercise in spontaneous composition over the next three years, including a period spent with William Burroughs in Tangiers. He made no revisions to the automatic writing entries in his notebooks, which were collected and transcribed for publication as originally written. \u003ci\u003eOld Angel Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e attests to the success of Kerouac's experiment and bears witness to his commitment to his craft, and to the pleasure he takes in writing: I like the bliss of mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Angel Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e is the illuminated notebook, the ur-text, of Kerouac vision\/voice\/language. The golden rule Catholicism of New England mind in kahoots with free time Godhead consciousness. This is true beat pleasure. This is our music.--\u003cb\u003eThurston Moore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 94\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758109524256,"sku":"9780872867031","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5ce5fe0f3fffc191a3b948943e4397fb.webp?v=1780118272","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/old-angel-midnight-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}