{"product_id":"9781598531930","title":"Jack Kerouac: Collected Poems: Library of America Series Jacket","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoetry was at the center of Jack Kerouac’s sense of mission as a writer. This landmark edition brings together for the first time all Kerouac’s major poetic works—\u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Scripture of the Golden Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBook of Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePomes All Sizes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOld Angel Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBook of Haikus\u003c\/i\u003e—along with a rich assortment of his uncollected poems, six published here for the first time. He wrote poetry in every period of his life, in forms as diverse as the classical Japanese haiku, the Buddhist sutra, the spontaneous prose poetry of \u003ci\u003eOld Angel Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e, and the poetic “blues” he developed in \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/i\u003e and other serial works, seeing himself as “a jazz poet blowing a long blues in an afternoon jam session on Sunday.” Many poets found Kerouac a liberating influence on their work: Robert Creeley called him “a genius at the register of the speaking voice”; for Allen Ginsberg he was “a poetic influence over the entire planet”; and Bob Dylan said that \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/i\u003e was crucial to his own artistic development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso available in specially-designed jacket (978-1-59853-194-7)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060915060976,"sku":"9781598531930","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781598531930_p0.jpg?v=1763814162","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781598531930","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}