A very sad story …

… The beat went on: what happened to Jan Kerouac, Jack’s forgotten daughter. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Parrot Fever was never finished, though Nicosia and others worked on editing Jan’s drafts together into a completed manuscript. Baby Driver and Trainsong have fallen out of print. Nicosia would like, with celebrations of the centenary of Kerouac’s birth planned for next year, to see more recognition given to Jan, both as Jack’s daughter and as a writer in her own regard.