![]() Untimely death, she was able to get his experimental novel Visions of Cody published at McGraw-Hill, where ![]() ![]() Grateful to Kerouac for the encouragement he gave her to continue writing she believes the many letters theyĮxchanged during their romance had a direct impact upon her writing style. Johnson considers this period the most important part of her education and remains She was also the firsthand witness of the destructive effects Night when the New York Times Review of On the Road brought him instant fame as the voice of his generationĪnd she soon began to experience the heady excitement of being in the midst of an ongoing cultural revolutionĪs the Beat movement spead throughout America. (Kerouac wrote about it in Desolation Angels.) She was with him on the September "In January 1957, Joyce Johnson met Jack Kerouac on a blind date arranged by Allen Ginsberg-the beginning ofĪn affair that lasted for two years. ![]() Joyce Johnson (born 1935) is an American author of fiction and nonfiction who won a National Book Critics Circle Award for her memoir Minor Characters about her relationship with Jack Kerouac. ![]()
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