Jay Atkinson's Documents

  • 9 p.

    Drug Buy Story

    "Drug-Buy" story is a riveting first person account of an undercover heroin buy arranged by the Mass. State Police. The author accompanied an undercover trooper and his informant on a buy in a Boston suburb. The story also considers masculine roles and how danger is a 'drug' for some people.

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  • 6 p.

    Harry Crews and the Jack Kerouac Solution

    "Harry Crews and the Jack Kerouac Solution" is a 'lost' chapter from my book "PARADISE ROAD: Jack Kerouac's Lost Highway and My Search for America." It will be published by John J. Wiley & Sons in March 2010. In this selection, I discuss the novelist Harry Crews and how he 'cured' me of Jack Kerouac's influence.

    Category:Creative WritingReads:828Uploaded:07 / 22 / 2009Add to collection
  • 6 p.

    Jack Kerouac at the Baseball Game

    "Jack Kerouac at the Baseball Game" is a 'lost' chapter from my forthcoming narrative nonfiction book PARADISE ROAD: JACK KEROUAC'S LOST HIGHWAY AND MY SEARCH FOR AMERICA. PARADISE ROAD will be published by John J. Wiley & Sons in March 2010. In this book, I retraced five of Jack Kerouac's major trips described in his iconic novel, ON THE ROAD, first published in 1957. I hit the road with my pals to "dig the scene and get my kicks" just as Kerouac did in 1947-49.

    Category:Books - Non-fictionReads:823Uploaded:07 / 20 / 2009Add to collection
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