tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446965703246858103.post5481138642482011079..comments2023-10-24T08:52:42.876+01:00Comments on Peter Finch: The Beat GenerationPeter Finchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894891082003041608noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446965703246858103.post-30435229104699259062011-09-03T14:41:30.250+01:002011-09-03T14:41:30.250+01:00Kingsley Amis's essay 'Who Needs No Introd...Kingsley Amis's essay 'Who Needs No Introduction' is very good about Kerouac. Hits the nail on the head, I think. He tells of the time he met Kerouac at a public lecture - which I've just found a contemporary account of, here: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2008/06/clip_job_an_exc_3.php - James MorganAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446965703246858103.post-16960005957259647442011-09-03T14:40:51.432+01:002011-09-03T14:40:51.432+01:00But an interesting piece! - Kathryn GrayBut an interesting piece! - Kathryn GrayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446965703246858103.post-55490386436483849392011-09-03T14:40:18.982+01:002011-09-03T14:40:18.982+01:00'Men, you notice. Women had yet to be invente...'Men, you notice. Women had yet to be invented.' I'd have to challenge that. Numerous examples potentially, but perhaps I'd settle for the female writers of their time who were critically and very popularly acclaimed in their time, and who touched on ground-breaking and often controversial material: Drabble, Mortimer, Reid Banks and, of course, the mighty Lessing. - Kathryn GrayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com