A report on Edie Parker
The author of the memoir You'll Be Okay, about her life with her first husband, Jack Kerouac, and the early days of the Beat Generation.
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Jack Kerouac
5 linksAmerican novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
He continued to live for a time in New York's Upper West Side with his girlfriend and future first wife, Edie Parker.
Beat Generation
5 linksLiterary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Carr also knew Kerouac's girlfriend Edie Parker, through whom Burroughs met Kerouac in 1944.
Lucien Carr
5 linksKey member of the original New York City circle of the Beat Generation in the 1940s; later he worked for many years as an editor for United Press International.
Key member of the original New York City circle of the Beat Generation in the 1940s; later he worked for many years as an editor for United Press International.
Soon after, a young woman Carr had befriended, Edie Parker, introduced Carr to her boyfriend, Jack Kerouac, then twenty-two and nearing the end of his short career as a sailor.
William S. Burroughs
4 linksAmerican writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature.
American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature.
In 1944, Burroughs began living with Joan Vollmer Adams in an apartment they shared with Jack Kerouac and Edie Parker, Kerouac's first wife.
Joan Vollmer
1 linksInfluential participant in the early Beat Generation circle.
Influential participant in the early Beat Generation circle.
While a student at Barnard College, she became the roommate of Edie Parker (later married to Jack Kerouac).
The Town and the City
3 linksNovel by Jack Kerouac, published by Harcourt Brace in 1950.
Novel by Jack Kerouac, published by Harcourt Brace in 1950.
The "city" represents a number of figures of the early beat circle: Allen Ginsberg (as Leon Levinsky), Lucien Carr (as Kenneth Wood), William Burroughs (as Will Dennison), Herbert Huncke (as Junky), David Kammerer (as Waldo Meister), Edie Parker (as Judie Smith) and also Joan Vollmer (as Mary Dennison) -- though she essentially has a non-speaking role (however some of her ideas are quoted by the Ginsberg-figure).
Kill Your Darlings (2013 film)
4 links2013 American biographical drama film written by Austin Bunn and directed by John Krokidas in his feature film directorial debut.
2013 American biographical drama film written by Austin Bunn and directed by John Krokidas in his feature film directorial debut.
Elizabeth Olsen as Edie Parker
Elizabeth Olsen
1 linksAmerican actress.
American actress.
She played Edie Parker, novelist Jack Kerouac's first wife and the author of the Beat Generation memoir You'll Be Okay, in the biographical drama Kill Your Darlings.