Book of Sketches
| Book of Sketches cover | |
| Author | Jack Kerouac |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry Beat|Prose |
| Publisher | Penguin Poets |
Publication date | 2006 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | Approx. 400 pages |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-14-200215-1 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
The Book of Sketches is a collection of spontaneous prose written by Jack Kerouac between 1952 and 1957. In 1951, it was suggested to Kerouac by his friend Ed White that he "sketch in the streets like a painter but with words."[liner notes] Over the course of the next few years Kerouac filled fifteen pocket sized notebooks with "sketch poems." After travelling across America and through Mexico in classic On the Road fashion, Kerouac sat down at his type writer and wrote the manuscript that came to be known as Book of Sketches.
"(Proving that sketches ain't verse But only What is)" Jack Kerouac