"A Genius in bad temper" - The Observer
"To do anything you need money. I had arrived without a cent, exactly as I left the country years ago. At the Gotham Book Mart I found a little sum of money which Mrs. Steloff had collected for me from her patrons. It was a pleasant surprise, I was touched. Still, it was not enough to live on for any length of time. I would have to find more money. Perhaps I would have to take a job - a most depressing thought."
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I'm currently reading "The Air-Conditioned Nightmare" (written in 1940-41) and am curious about some of the characters he meets in Kenosha, Wisconsin: Dudly, Flo and Lafeyette. They are free-spirited and wild artists who strike me as a very early manifestation of the the Beatnik. Here's how Miller describes the appearance of Lafayette: "in a blue denim suit, big boots, horned-rimed specs, long hair and a goatee." Sounds rather beat to me. But, I can find nothing on these three on the Internet -- does anyone have anything on these writers?
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