Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-466)

On Frank Sinatra -- America in world history -- A couple of facts concerning laws of decadence -- On contemporary jazz,"Bebop" -- Private philologies, riddles, and a ten-day writing log -- The night is my woman [La nuit est ma femme] -- Journal 1951 -- Old Bull in the Bowery [Sur le chemin] -- Tics -- Memory babe -- Doing literary work : an interview with Jack Kerouac -- Beat spotlight -- Appendix: I wish I were you

Presents a collection of never-before-published and newly translated writings by the legendary author and provides insight into his path to a wholly new style of storytelling

Translated from the French