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Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir Joyce Johnson
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)

A memoir, 'You'll Be Okay,' from Kerouac's first wife. It's the 50th anniversary of the publication of 'On the Road,' and the commemorations include . Detailed info · Reader Reviews. "Sad and funny, full of pathos and the lost dreams of youth, 'You'll Be Okay' will find it's way to the short list of exceptional books by women of the Beat Generation that includes Carolyn Cassady's 'Off the Road' and Joyce Johnson's 'Minor Characters. Specifically, it's a memoir about her relationship with Jack Kerouac, but all the major players are represented - Burroughs and Ginsburg included. Boston University's Raven See's talk is titled Gendered Spaces in a Borderless Generation and she discusses the careers of Joyce Johnson, author of the memoir Minor Characters, and the poet Diane DiPrima. How does “Minor Characters” by Joyce Johnson (old girlfriend of Kerouac) is also good. She is herself an accomplished writer who has published three novels: Come and Join the Dance, In the Night Cafe and Bad Connections; two memoirs: Minor Characters and Missing Men; and a collection of her letters to and from Kerouac: Door Wide Open. In Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir and Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957–1958,. And finally, I like memoirs by women who hung with the Beats, especially “How I Became Hettie Jones” by Hettie Jones, who was married to the poet Leroi Jones (later Amiri Baraka). James Franco & Jon Hamm Are Beat Generation Hotties In Howl · Dodai Stewart PFollowOUnfollow 7/15/10 12:21pm . Each story is enough on its own, but this collection of memoirs offers additional gifts—stories of strong women, information on yoga and knitting, and visits to new countries, both here and abroad. Her personal relationship with Kerouac, the subject of her 1983 memoir Minor Characters, seems to color her accounts with a tinge of sincerity and insight that comes from genuine interactions. Her fiction “Being in the middle of this new beat movement, it was the beginning of a big cultural shift,” she says, in a voice that is unexpectedly strong, “and being right there, that was an incredible experience. If anyone else is interested in hearing about the women who hung out with all these amazing poets, check out Minor Characters by Joyce Johnson.