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John Clellon Holmes


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John Clellon Holmes, born in Holyoke Massachusetts, was an author, poet and professor, best known for his 1952 novel Go. Go is considered the first "Beat" novel, and depicted events in his life with friends Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg. He was often referred to as the "quiet Beat," and was one of Kerouac's closest friends. He also wrote what is considered the definitive jazz novel of the Beat Generation, The Horn.
 
 
Novels
   Go (1952)
   The Horn (1958)
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Collections
   The Bowling Green Poems (poems) (1977)
   Death Drag (poems) (1979)
   Night Music (poems) (1984)
   Dire Coasts (poems) (1988)
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