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Writer JOYCE JOHNSON, talks about her relationship to Beat icon Jack Kerouac, and her new book, –Door Wide Open : A Beat Love Affair in letters— (Viking). In 1957, JOHNSON started a relationship with the then little-known writer Kerouac. 9 months later, Kerouacs Beat classic –On the Road— was published. JOHNSON will talk about her two-year, tumultuous love affair with Kerouac, how the publication of –On the Road— changed Kerouac, and shell talk about what it was like being young and female and part of the Manhattan bohemian scene. –Door Wide Open— contains many letters sent to JOHNSON by Kerouac. In addition to –Doors Wide Open,— JOHNSON is also the author of 3 novels, including –In the Night Cafi.— Her memoir –Minor Characters— won the National Book Critics Circle award, and her work has been published in major magazines including the New Yorker and Harpers. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW.)12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

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