The Lowell Connector: Lines & Shots from Kerouac's Town

by Clark Coolidge

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 25, 1993

About the author

Coolidge attended Brown University, where his father taught in the music department. After moving to New York City in the early 1960s, Coolidge cultivated links with Ted Berrigan and Bernadette Mayer. Often associated with the Language School his experience as a jazz drummer and interest in a wide array of subjects including caves, geology, bebop, weather, Salvador Dalí, Jack Kerouac and movies, Coolidge often finds correspondence in his work. Coolidge grew up in Providence, Rhode Island and has lived, among other places, in Manhattan, Cambridge (MA), San Francisco, Rome (Italy), and the Berkshire Hills. He currently lives in Petaluma, California.

Reviews

[Scott Ballard · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting piece, though I tended to enjoy the collections of photos more than the writing. “A moth eaten angel / stripped to the wind” from Jack’s Final Wire by John Yau.