A Restless Quest for Spiritual Freedom: Jack Kerouac, Hoboism, Zen Buddhism, and the Fellaheen Ethos
Jack Kerouac has certainly been and is still an inspiration for various groups of people coming...
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Kerouac at 95
Jack Kerouac was born on March 12th, 1922, meaning that today would’ve been his 95th...
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Chinese Kerouac Covers
Jack Kerouac’s novels, particularly On the Road, are popular all around the world. When...
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“Telling All The Road”: Re-Reading On the Road as New Journalism
From On the Road’s initial publication in 1957 to the release of its original scroll manuscript in...
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One Man Practicing Kindness Alone in the Wilderness
An interview with Bevin Richardson about his alternative The Dharma Bums book made from a seven...
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A Negative Score on the Happiness List: The Economics of Hustling in Bonnie Bremser’s For Love of Ray
Bonnie Bremser’s road book For Love of Ray gives a harrowing account of the effects of poverty on...
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The Burroughs Millions
In Search of the Origin of Burroughs’ Mythical Trust Fund From Beatdom #16 William S. Burroughs...
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The Beats and the Beatles: two sides of the same coin
“If two things are two sides of the same coin, they are very closely related although they seem...
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At the End of the Road: Jack Kerouac in Mexico
In 2013 I was asked to review a book called The Stray Bullet, about William S. Burroughs’ years in...
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Reconsidering the Importance of the Joan Anderson Letter
It’s been an exciting few years for fans of the Beat Generation. Since Beatdom was founded, we...
Read MoreBorne out of War: The British Beats
This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15 – the WAR issue. For about ten years after...
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The Greatest Road Movie Never Made
Brando should have played Dean; Jack’s 1957 letter to Marlon asking him to buy the film...
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