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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am a Kerouac fanatic and have always wanted to see that baseball game he devised as a kid. He ended up modifying it throughout his life, playing it well into adulthood. I believe it also involved marbles, or that could have been yet another game (something to do with horse racing?).

I've read every JK bio at least twice, and still feel that Ann Charters' pioneering volume on Kerouac might be the best one. Perhaps not as detailed as some, but certainly less speculative. Nicosia's "Memory Babe", although certainly the most voluminous, is rife with errors. I used to know Kerouac's life story better than most, but it's been a few years, and my memory can't seem to remember those facts like it used to! I recall at least twelve factual errors of major importance in the Nicosia bio, though.

Incidentally, I was never much of a fan of JK's writing, but rather the life he lived. I really don't consider him to be a very good writer at all.

Thanks again! You've made my day!