"This November air, what a heaven to live in! Intensely brilliant as no artificial light I have seen, like a dance of diamonds, coarse mazes of the diamond dance seen through the trees. All objects shine to-day, even the sportsmen seen at a distance, as if a cavern were unroofed, and its crystals gave entertainment to the sun. This great see-saw of brilliants..."
Writer and editor of Kerouac: His Life and Work (2007), Empty Phantoms: Interviews and Encounters with Jack Kerouac (2006), Jack Kerouac's American Journey (2007), and Miles on Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis (2008). He has also edited the forthcoming Tom Waits on Tom Waits: The Collected Interviews with Tom Waits due in Summer 2011. Maher is also writing a full-length critical biography of Jack Kerouac for Southern Illinois University Press.