Mexico City Blues
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| Author | Jack Kerouac |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Poetry |
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| Released | 1959 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-8021-3060-7 |
| Preceded by | Maggie Cassidy (1959) |
| Followed by | Book of Dreams (1960) |
A poem published by Jack Kerouac in 1959, Mexico City Blues is composed of 242 "choruses" or stanzas. In his own words, Kerouac wanted to be known as a jazz poet and with this book he sought to write in a way consistent with how a musician would play jazz. This poem is also significant in that Kerouac attempts to use all of his methods for creating spontaneous works and is highly successful.
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- 1959. Mexico City Blues, ISBN 0-8021-3060-7
| Books by Jack Kerouac |
| The Town and the City • On the Road • The Subterraneans • The Dharma Bums • Doctor Sax • Maggie Cassidy • Mexico City Blues • Book of Dreams • Tristessa • Visions of Cody • Lonesome Traveler • Big Sur • Visions of Gerard • Desolation Angels • Satori in Paris • Vanity of Duluoz • Pic • Scattered Poems • Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings • Old Angel Midnight • Good Blonde & Others • Orpheus Emerged • Book of Sketches • And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (unpublished) |
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