English 334: Kerouac & Ginsberg

Class notes:
Mills. Channels. Whistler. Lowell. Betty Davis. Kerouac memorial. Textile history museum. Palpable locations.
Oral biography. A shower of roses. Rose. When the flood comes. Canonization. Sprawling. Gary Snyder. Schneider? Snyder. Theater. Oscar Wilde. Lecture tour. April 1882. Liberty Hall. Parochial school. Children's books. Dead at the time. Maggie Cassidy. Inch along the ground. Wrinkly tar. Ulysses's soap. Drizzly November day. The Shadow. Silver Tin Can. Self polishing wax. Hypnotic power. Margot Lane. Didn't bother to put in a plot. Balzacian. Rosebud palace. Like asking water to be wet. 12 people. Haunted. Murmur, mummy, elements, moment.

Memories and thoughts and dreams - go back and forth, seamlessly, same place. Like shrooms.

Mesh of memories. Baby in the river bed. Visions. Mythologized. Color.

Parallel Notes:
Hookah. Spelling. Palpable? Sailor Moon. Canadian kids TV. Eighties hair. Redhead, boots. Kevin. Greg. Day desk calendar. Hershey's Hugs. Belgium shells. Au Marche. Downtown. Dad's desk. Dad's library. Red leather desk chair. Creaking. Creak. Summer. High ceilings. Writing. Notebook. The flood. Vagina Monologues. Lauren. Short hair. dream. Helvetica. Paris walk to class. Lower school. Tears. Tears? 2008. 2000 and late. Jane. Lacy. Septum. Essays. Spaghetti. Linguine. Birthdays. The Chateau. Fondant cigarettes. Cigarette cigarettes. Kiss the insides of your thighs. Death, Knowledge, Sex. Chuckle. Bubbly. Evervescent? Effervescent. Spelling, again. Caricature. Stale. Blue and gold checked coat. Ponies. Sleeping in the Parthenon. Kegels. Shell snap necklaces. The cabinet under the phone, under the remotes. Mom - ponytails, bar chair. Nose piercing. Matthew. Marwa. Mesh of memories. Bags in the back seat. Not shutting the car door. Foreheads. Drunk. Paces. Our steps lining up perfectly.