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{{more citations|date=November 2020}}{{Short description|1983 memoir by Joyce Johnson}}

'''''Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir''''' (1983) is a memoir by [[Joyce Johnson (author)|Joyce Johnson]] documenting her time with [[Jack Kerouac]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movies2.nytimes.com/books/99/09/19/nnp/johnson-minor.html|title=THE GIRL IN THE BOY GANG|work=The New York Times}}</ref> The book also tells the story of the women of the [[Beat Generation]], the "minor characters" of its title.

The book won a [[National Book Critics Circle Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-23-bk-15603-story.html|title=One Point Three|date=August 23, 1998|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' wrote that "as a montage of 1950s Village life, with Mr. and Mrs. LeRoi Jones and Franz Kline and others passing through, this is almost always evocative, frequently quite touching."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/joyce-johnson-2/minor-characters/|title=Minor Characters|website=Kirkus Reviews}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060213230207/http://www.culturevulture.net/Books2/MinorCharacters.htm Summary and review]
*[http://dogmatika.com/dm/books_more.php?id=1273_0_3_0_M Dogmatika Review]

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[[Category:Books about the Beat Generation]]
[[Category:1983 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:American memoirs]]
[[Category:National Book Critics Circle Award–winning works]]


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