Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair In Letters, 1957-1958
Author	Jack Kerouac & Joyce Johnson
Cover artist	Wendy Lai
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Letters Beat
Publisher	Viking Press
Publication date	June 1, 2002
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	182 pages
ISBN	978-0-670-89040-8
OCLC Number	42771995
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 B 21
LC Classification	PS3521.E735 Z485 2000

Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair In Letters, 1957-1958 is a collection of letters that were written in 1957-1958 between Joyce Johnson and Jack Kerouac.

The letters depict the rather detached and absurd romance of the two writers, and they are supplemented greatly by Johnson's own narration and related letters between Joyce and her friends and relatives. Johnson is referred to in Kerouac's novel Desolation Angels as Alyce Newman, and she has written several introductions for his works.

The relationship between the two took place during a very pivotal time period in Kerouac's life, when his fame was exploding after the release of On the Road.

Door Wide Open spans events from the couple's first meeting until after the romance had faded into friendship.