Brianland

Henri Cru (1921-1992) was a life-long friend of Jack Kerouac’s. They met when both were students at the Horace Mann prep school, New York, in 1939. Henri appears as “Remi Boncoeur” in Kerouac’s On the Road, and as “Deni Bleu” in Lonesome Traveler, Visions of Cody, and other books.
Original Author’s Note:
This was written in April [...]

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“Keep One Neal on The Wheel”
with a twinkling & loving nod to Neal Cassady . . .
Coming into Manhattan thru the Holland Tunnel, 6PM on the Friday of the Labor Day Long Weekend . . .
My first moments in Manhattan since Obama’s Election Night.
And on the exact anniversary of the very first day I first [...]

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Lights dimmed, room hushed, MC in silhouette at center stage blessing the packed room of book-reading edge-cutting hipsters from all over the world thanks to email and web sites and a collective unconscious that keeps them striving for the new, for where the heart pounds, the eyes twinkle, the women aren’t treated like girls, and [...]

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 Happy B Day to The Big C! 
A girl so nice you had to C her twice!
It’s the Big Sea at Big Sur! 
And finding the sacred rocks to reflect, 
and seeing the glistening gems shine thru
the crashing waves of life
with you. 
I saw the best minds of my generation get buzzed on wine coolers before breakfast! 
The only ones [...]

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