Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir (1983) is a memoir by Joyce Johnson documenting her time with Jack Kerouac.[1] The book also tells the story of the women of the Beat Generation, the "minor characters" of its title.
The book won a National Book Critics Circle Award.[2]
Critical reception[edit]
Kirkus Reviews wrote that "as a montage of 1950s Village life, with Mr. and Mrs. LeRoi Jones and Franz Kline and others passing through, this is almost always evocative, frequently quite touching."[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "THE GIRL IN THE BOY GANG". The New York Times.
- ^ "One Point Three". Los Angeles Times. August 23, 1998.
- ^ "Minor Characters". Kirkus Reviews.
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