About Dave Moore

Dave Moore lives in Bristol, England, and is the author of many articles on the Beat writers. Founding editor of The Kerouac Connection magazine in 1984, he compiled and annotated the Collected Letters of Neal Cassady for publication by Penguin. Dave also writes on mystery and crime fiction as well as jazz and blues, and is the author of The Kerouac Companion, a definitive on-line guide to the more than 600 characters in Jack Kerouac's work. More of Dave's writings can be found at Kerouac Corner.

“The Old Maestro”: an interview with Kerouac friend Henri Cru by Dave Moore

Dave Moore

Henri Cru was one of the friends that Jack Kerouac met at Horace Mann School, New York, in 1939. Their friendship sustained for many years, and Cru featured as a character in several of Kerouac's books. He was the model for "Remi Boncoeur" in On the Road … [Read more...]

Kerouac — “My really best friend…” an interview with Seymour Wyse by Dave Moore

Dave Moore

Seymour Michael Wyse was one of Jack Kerouac's closest friends. An Englishman, educated at Charterhouse School, Wyse met Kerouac when they both attended Horace Mann School, New York, in 1939. They remained in close contact until Wyse returned to England … [Read more...]

Kerouac and the Outsider – A Puzzle

Dave Moore

It was Horst who started it. Horst Spandler had been translating the 1971 Kerouac anthology Scattered Poems into German. Along the way he'd been asking others their advice on the meaning of parts of Jack's poems. One such query I received concerned … [Read more...]

About Dave Moore

“The Old Maestro”: an interview with Kerouac friend Henri Cru by Dave Moore

Kerouac — “My really best friend…” an interview with Seymour Wyse by Dave Moore

Kerouac and the Outsider – A Puzzle

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