Quotes On Huncke
Jack Kerouac described Huncke in his "Now it's Jazz" reading from Desolation Angels, chapter 77:
- Huck, whom you'll see on Times Square, somnolent and alert, sad, sweet, dark, holy. Just out of jail. Martyred. Tortured by sidewalks, starved for sex and companionship, open to anything, ready to introduce a new world with a shrug.
John Clellon Holmes described Albert Ancke, his representation of Huncke in Go in Chapter 14 of part 2:
- A sallow, wrinkled little hustler, hatless and occupying a crumpled sport shirt as though crouched in it to hide his withered body.
Admired by David Wojnarowicz in his personal diaries, In the Shadow of the American Dream, where their meetings/dates are documented.
Frank McCourt mentions knowing Huncke in Chapter 16 of Teacher Man:
- "Alcohol is not his habit but he'll kindly allow you to buy him a drink at Montero's. His voice is deep, gentle and musical. He never forgets his manners and you'd rarely think of him as Huncke the Junkie. He respects law and obeys none of it."
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