Inspiration from My Dad and Author Jack Kerouac

This is Lee Habib and this is our American stories to show where America's store and the American people to hear the podcast version show described on the iHeartRadio app forever. You get your podcast and now we hear from one of our regular contributors Paul Cox gives a tribute to his father in a brief history of American author Jack Kerouac hears all. I was listening to an interview on the radio discussing the need for the presence of fathers and dancing kids lives. I think back to my own dad who taught me many aspects of navigating life's daily concerns shared his own anecdotes of wisdom and challenged me to be better that he heard someone else tell him I was a good man that I possessed a certain trait. He would often tell me is one example so-and-so told me you are a very fine teacher will direct praise is not as common in my own childhood at home until I later became a man, and my father was facing his own death.

Do to a prolonged illness at the time in the late 90s I asked for some feedback on an incomplete dissertation dealing with learning styles and aptitude.

He said you write like Jack Kerouac will on the road. One of Kerouac's finest works possess this kind of spontaneity that was valued by many. Kerouac is generally considered to be the father of the beat movement, although he actively disliked such labels.

Kerouac's method was heavily influenced by the prolific explosion of jazz, especially the bebop genre established by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie felonious and others later, Kerouac introduced ideas he developed from his Buddhist studies that began with Gary Snyder.

He often referred to his style as spontaneous prose. Although Kerouac's prose was spontaneous and purportedly without edits. He primarily wrote autobiographical novel based upon actual events from his life and the people with whom he interacted. Interestingly enough, Kerouac spoke French with his family and began learning English at school around age 6, he began speaking it confidently in his late teens. He was a serious child who is devoted to his mother, who played an important role in his life. She was a devout Catholic who instilled this deep faith in both of her sons. He later said she was the only woman he ever loved after his brother died, his mother sought solace in her faith while his father abandoned it much to be said about Kerouac's upbringing or life exploits. But I was focused on my own writing and trying to finish this work where I had been stuck in a holding pattern. At the time I did not know who Kerouac was. I had to look him up because it was a comment that came from my dad and I wanted to know the significance of this pronouncement, Kerouac. As mentioned before is recognized for his style of spontaneous prose like all of us had his fans and detractors you would've appealed to the beat generation. My dad said I was kind of worried because at the time I was stuck in my writing and did not think I would ever finish. Some believe that at times that Kerouac's writing style did not produce livelier energetic prose.

The famous Truman Capote said of it that's not writing, it's typing it.

According to Carolyn Cassidy and others.

He constantly rewrote and revised his work at the time of my father's comments I was encouraged because as I learn more about Kerouac.

He had an attraction to the writing of Joyce. This is often overlooked by scholars of prose. Kerouac alludes to his Joyce's work more than any other author. Also, Kerouac had high esteem for Joyce and he often used his stream of consciousness technique appreciated.

Experimenting with this language to but in this case, my discussions with my dad. I was trying to finish this dissertation were stream of consciousness wasn't highly valued but the ability to make statements supported by varied literature where a clear methodology in your work is quintessential style of its own. I was grateful for this time and advice with my dad connected with this idea was this elimination of the. Substituting instead along connecting – as such, the phrases occurring between dashes might resemble improvisational jazz licks and when spoken the words take on a certain musical rhythm and tempo well in writing this I returned back to reflection of the influence my dad's comments had on me. My dad wasn't very generous in praise, but he was there in the background and could be a presence when I need that extra push in the moment was right was my writing like improvisational jazz licks. Did they have a musical rhythm and tempo. Like many thought of Kerouac that may not of been the one to go to all your games are events, see when you did something well or frequently comment on it when he did, it made an impact. I am indebted for this.

He passed away in April 2000 and I still miss him.

The words my dad had for me had an influence at the time I had to delve into Kerouac to bring to life. My dad's comments which seem incomplete and asking for and tapping when he fully meant I may never know the true extent and a great job on the production is always by Robbie Davis and a special thanks to Paul Cox and by the way we love doing listeners stories send them to our American stories.com and you may just hear your story on our airwaves and on our podcasts. My goodness, it shows once again we talk about a time and again importance of fathers and sons and daughters lives in just this little discussion about a dissertation and spontaneity my leg. Not many people think of term papers and dissertations as spaces or spontaneity of the dad suggestion. The dads prodding moving his son forward and along his own path. Paul Cox's story and tribute to his father and one of his favorite American authors dear on our American story. We have been here, the host of our American stories everyday on the show were bringing inspiring stories from across this great country stores for big cities and small towns, but we truly can't do the show without you are stories are free to listen to what they're not free to make if you level you hear what our American stories.com and click the donate button a little of a lot about our American stories.com and give