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This book is dedicated to Jan Kerouac, the late daughter of Jack Kerouac who I knew well in the 60's in Yelapa, Mexico, with the hippies, 30 miles from any road. She lived in a thatched h… Plus…

This book is dedicated to Jan Kerouac, the late daughter of Jack Kerouac who I knew well in the 60's in Yelapa, Mexico, with the hippies, 30 miles from any road. She lived in a thatched hut next to mine there. I remember seeing later, in the English, Mexico City News, "Jack Kerouacs Daughter, Jan Kerouac, has disappeared, whereabouts unknown." The first poem in the book is a poem I wrote to the spirit of Jan. Here is a small quote from that poem:         We know the significance of us being a pi This book is dedicated to Jan Kerouac, the late daughter of Jack Kerouac who I knew well in the 60's in Yelapa, Mexico, with the hippies, 30 miles from any road. She lived in a thatched hut next to mine there. I remember seeing later, in the English, Mexico City News, "Jack Kerouacs Daughter, Jan Kerouac, has disappeared, whereabouts unknown." The first poem in the book is a poem I wrote to the spirit of Jan. Here is a small quote from that poem:         We know the significance of us being a piece of the big puzzle but we dont see all the pieces together melded as one demur picture…we seem so separate, but so cock-sure.            Things slip by, dont they Jan?            My memory is flashing…this wheel is on fire!The first chapter of her Memoirs, "Baby Driver", is like a recording tape of everything she had echoed to me in casual conversation. I think she thought things out in plots from the very beginning.      You can find out more about me by going to:      http://sanfranciscopoetry.blip.tv       http://mysticbabylon.podomatic.com      http://littlebirdtoldme.podomatic.com       http://poetryhotel.podomatic.com (A collaboration of videos with poetess friend Clara Hsu)      http://writerunion.podomatic.com (Unofficial San Francisco Writers Union videos produced by me.) Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Mystic Babylon Revisited~~John Rhodes~~Fiction & Literature~~Poetry~~9781467056021, , Mystic Babylon Revisited, John Rhodes, 9781467056021, AuthorHouse, 2/9/2009, , , , AuthorHouse, 2/9/2009<