when i mentioned the beats

by Bryn Fortey

A winning chapbook from Welsh poet Bryn Fortey chronicling the lives and adventures of the Beat poets and the jazz greats. Brought to you by Outlaw Chapbooks Press.

18 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2020

Reviews

[Will Mayo]

And here's another winning chapbook from Welsh poet Bryn Fortey chronicling the lives and adventures of the Beat writers and the jazz greats. He tells here of how Louis Armstrong was once rumored to have no less than President Richard M. Nixon carry his stash of weed, how the great jazz singer Chet Baker died a poor junkie due to the ravages of heroin and avidly tells the poem of jazz musicians Charlie "Bird" Parker and Miles Davis riding in a cab together as old Bird simultaneously has sex while chewing on some fried chicken (a neat trick, that) while Miles Davis, beholding the hooker between Parker's knees, says, "Now, do you have to do that here?" Not to mention poems about Jack Kerouac's mother and Ray Bremser's wife (you know, the one that played tricks on the street to support Ray's poetry?). Better hurry now. Editions of this chapbook are going fast. Get yours now.