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Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair In Letters, 1957-1958 is a collection of letters that were written in 1957-1958 between Joyce Johnson and Jack Kerouac.The letters depict the rather detached and absurd romance of the two writers, and they are Read More..

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Description	Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair In Letters, 1957-1958 is a collection of letters that were written in 1957-1958 between Joyce Johnson and Jack Kerouac.The letters depict the rather detached and absurd romance of the two writers, and they are supplemented greatly by Johnson's own narration and related letters between Joyce and her friends and relatives. Johnson is referred to in Kerouac's novel Desolation Angels as Alyce Newman, and she has written several introductions for his works.The relationship between the two took place during a very pivotal time period in Kerouac's life, when his fame was exploding after the release of On the Road.Door Wide Open spans events from the couple's first meeting until after the romance had faded into friendship.
Description	Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair In Letters, 1957-1958 is a collection of letters that were written in 1957-1958 between Joyce Johnson and Jack Kerouac.The letters depict the rather detached and absurd romance of the two writers, and they are supplemented greatly by Johnson's own narration and related letters between Joyce and her friends and relatives. Johnson is referred to in Kerouac's novel Desolation Angels as Alyce Newman, and she has written several introductions for his works.The relationship between the two took place during a very pivotal time period in Kerouac's life, when his fame was exploding after the release of On the Road.Door Wide Open spans events from the couple's first meeting until after the romance had faded into friendship.

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Name	Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair In Letters, 1957-1958
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Authors	Jack Kerouac & Joyce Johnson
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Genre	LettersBeat
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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Pages	182 pages
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Media_type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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Isbn	978-0-670-89040-8
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Oclc	42771995
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Publisher	Viking Press
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Pub_date	June 1, 2002
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Release_date	June 1, 2002
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