"It is generally accepted that the first true ""Beat"" novel was ""Go"" by John Clennon (1952) followed by ""Howl"" by Allen Ginsberg (1956). The Beat culture entered its heyday with the publication of what novel by Jack Kerouac?"
Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation spoken word. Despite having no musical acommpaniment, biographer Gerald Nicosia stated that "the musicality of Kerouac's art is best exemplified by the "Readings" album." Several readings on the album are from several of Kerouac's written works. The opening track, "San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation)," is read from extracts of "Desolation Angels". Extracts from the eponymous novel "The Subterraneans" and poetry collection "San Francisco Blues" are also featured. "Visions of Neal" features extracts from the original drafts of Kerouac's most notable novel "On the Road". The front cover of the album features a picture of Kerouac tuning a radio, taken
Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation by photographer and musician John Cohen and other photography by Robert Frank is featured elsewhere on the album's artwork. "Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation" also included liner notes written by Jack Kerouac's close friend and fellow Beat writer Allen Ginsberg. Later CD pressings of the album reproduced Ginsberg's liner notes on fifteen illustrated postcards, addressed to Kerouac. "Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation" was released in January 1960 on Verve Records on LP. In June 1990, Rhino Entertainment reissued the album on CD as part of the box set "The Jack Kerouac Collection", also featuring