Paul Maher Jr.

Paul Maher, Jr.
Occupation	author, teacher, book critic
Website
http://paulmaher.org

Paul Maher, Jr. is a teacher and author best known for his three published books about Jack Kerouac.

Biography

Maher grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the United States Navy and participated in the Gulf War. After discharge from the Navy, Maher was discovered to have stolen some rare books from the University of Massachusetts Lowell library. Upon detection, Maher confessed and returned the books.

Maher attended the University of Massachusetts and earned a degree in American Studies and he became a secondary school teacher.

Scholarship

Maher has published three books on Jack Kerouac, including a collection of interviews, a biography, and a third work focusing on the composition of On the Road. Maher has also edited a collection of interviews with jazz legend, Miles Davis and has privately published two notebooks of American writer Henry David Thoreau. His books have met primarily favorable criticism.

Published works

• 2004 Kerouac: The Definitive Biography
• 2005 Empty Phantoms: Collected Interviews with Jack Kerouac
• 2007 Jack Kerouac's American Journey: The Real-Life Odyssey of On the Road
• 2008 Miles on Miles: Collected Interviews with Miles Davis
• 2008 Extracts Related to the Indians - Notebook One by H.D. Thoreau ed. & annotated by P. Maher Jr.
• 2008 Extracts Related to the Indians - Notebook Two by H.D. Thoreau ed. & annotated by P. Maher Jr.
• 2009 "Miles on Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis" ed. by P. Maher Jr. and Michael K. Dorr

Forthcoming work

• 2009 The New Vision: Jack Kerouac (1940-1950)
• 2010 Modern Disintegration: Jack Kerouac (1951-1956)
• tentatively 2011 The Broken Task: The Life and Writings of Henry David Thoreau

Publishers

• Thunder's Mouth Press
• Taylor Trade Publishing
• Southern Illinois University Press
• Chicago Review Press
• Da Capo Press
• American Renaissance Press