内容简介
OnablinddateinGreenwichVillagesetupbyAllenGinsberg,JoyceJohnson(thenJoyceGlassman)metJackKerouacinJanuary1957,ninemonthsbeforehebecamefamousovernightwiththepublicationofOntheRoad.Shewasanadventurous,independent-mindedtwenty-one-year-old;Kerouacwasalreadyrunningonemptyatthirty-five.Thisuniquebook,containingthemanylettersthetwoofthemwrotetoeachother,revealsasurprisinglytendersideofKerouac.Italsosharesthevividandunusualperspectiveofwhatitmeanttobeyoung,Beat,andawomanintheColdWarfifties.Reflectingonthosetumultuousyears,Johnsonseamlesslyinterweaveslettersandcommentary,bringingtolifeherloveaffairwithoneofAmericanletters'mostfascinatingandenigmaticfigures.AuthorBiography:JoyceJohnsonistheauthorofthreenovels.HermemoirMinorCharacterswontheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward.Herworkhasbeenpublishedinmajormagazines,includingTheNewYorker,Harper'sandMirabella.AuthorBiography:JackKerouacwasborninLowell,Massachusetts,in1922anddiedinSt.Petersburg,Florida,in1969.AmonghismanynovelsareOntheRoad,TheDharmaBums,BigSur,andVisionsofCody.
作者简介
Oneofthecountry’sleadingwineeducators,MarkOldmanisauthorofthebest-sellingOldman'sGuidetoOutsmartingWine(PenguinBooks),whichwascalled"perfect"byWineEnthusiast,"winespeakwithoutthegeek"byBonAppètit,and"shortcutstoaconnoisseursconfidence"byBusinessWeek.WinneroftheDuboeuf“BestWineBookoftheYear”Award.Oldman’sGuidewasalsorecentlypublishedinJapanandinfourvolumesinFrance.Markwritesaboutwineforseveralleadinglifestylepublications,andcontributesawinecolumnandchoosesthewinepicksforthehitmagazineEverydaywithRachaelRay.HeisalsotheleadjudgeinthenewPBStelevisionseriesTheWinemakers.Foroverseventeenyears,MarkhastaughthislivelyOutsmartingWine?coursesandseminarstothousandsofwineenthusiastsacrossthecountry.Helecturesatsomeofthecountry’stopgastronomicfestivals,includingtheAspenFood&WineClassicandtheBostonWineExpo.Markbeganhiswinejourneyin1990whenasastudenthefoundedStanfordWineCircle,apopularuniversityclubhostingtastingswithCaliforniawinelegends,earninghimthenickname"BacchusontheCampus"inWineSpectatormagazine.Mark’spro-consumerapproachandcommitmenttoeducationhaveanimatedallofhisprofessionalendeavors.HeisoneofthethreefoundingpartnersofVault.com,theleadingmediacompanyforcareerinformation.Heisalsoalicensedattorneyandco-authorofseveralbest-sellingcareer-focusedbooks.MarkgraduatedPhiBetaKappawithaB.AandM.A.fromStanfordUniversityandaJ.D.fromStanfordLawSchool.HeisaTrusteeEmeritusofStanfordUniversity,havingservedonitsBoardofTrusteesforfiveyears.
