Book of Sketches

Book of Sketches is a collection of spontaneous prose poetry by the American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac, published posthumously in 2006. The poems, written in 1952 and 1953 in a notebook carried in his breast pocket, describe Kerouac's travels through the U.S. states of New York, North Carolina and Kansas, and the cities of San Francisco, California; Denver, Colorado; Mexico City, Mexico; and his birthplace of Lowell, Massachusetts. They also discuss themes of art, life, American, Buddhism, jazz, the role of the writer, loneliness, and the wandering lifestyle. Book of Sketches features an introduction by the artist George Condo.

Book of Sketches

First edition
Author	Jack Kerouac
Language	English
Genre	Poetry Beat prose
Published	2006 Penguin Poets
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	Approx. 400 pages
ISBN	0-14-200215-1
OCLC	61461793
Dewey Decimal	818/.5403 22
LC Class	PS3521.E735 B667 2006

References

• "Book of Sketches". Penguin Books. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
• Woodward, Rob (June 2006). "Time Capsule of Ourselves: Jack Kerouac and the Failure of America". Burning Shore Press. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved December 22, 2009.