Some books accrete things to themselves like a magnet. The writer risks sterility by subjecting the mysterious power of imagination to the devices of mere comprehension.
John Clellon Holmes Quotes
To Walden the saxophone was, at once, his key to the world in which he found himself, and the way by which that world was rendered impotent to brand him either a failure or madman or Negro or saint.
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| Birth: | 12th March, 1926 |
| Death: | 30th March, 1988 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Author, Novelist, Poet, Professor |
About
John Clellon Holmes was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA. He was an American author, novelist, poet and professor. He studied at The New School for Social Research. He wrote several books include: Go (novel), The Horn (novel), The Philosophy of the Beat Generation, Nothing More to Declare (novel), The Bowling Green Poems, Death Drag (poems), Visitor, Gone in October, Displaced Person (essays), Representative Men (essays), Passionate Opinions (essays), Dire Coasts (Poems), and Night Music (Poems). Later in life, he taught at the University of Arkansas, lectured at Yale and gave workshops at Brown University.
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