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Chaotic Good

Chaotic Good — Jack Kerouac in Tompkins Square Park, 1953.

By Rachel Jepsen The Long Conversation

The Long Conversation

Chaotic Good

Or, how to stop hating yourself and start writing.

Jul 19, 2021 · 19 min readUpdated Jun 13, 2026

“We take

unholy risks to prove

we are what we cannot be. For instance,

I am not even crazy.”

Amiri Baraka, Snake Eyes, 1963

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