Sal’s Sad New Jersey
Hoboken apartment Paterson Lincoln Tunnel Paterson and the Passaic Holland Tunnel “ . . . I was...
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The Voice is All: Joyce Johnson Talks about Her Latest Book
Joyce Johnson’s role in Beat history is too often viewed simply as that of Jack Kerouac’s...
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Review: One and Only: The Untold Story of On the Road
One and Only: The Untold Story of On The Road, may have played more to the heart had it been...
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Carolyn Cassady – Neal, Me and Jack makes three
By Spencer Kansa In 1951, Jack Kerouac began work on a roman a clef whose breathless prose would...
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Long John Silver and the Beats
by Wayne Mullins Many people ask what are the Beatles? Why Beatles? Ugh, Beatles how did...
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Review of the Dharma Bums
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R. R. Reno The road dominates the American imagination, from the Oregon Trail to Route 66. That strange, in-between time of escape, freedom, and adventure: On The Road, you leave behind all the ordinary routines and demands....
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The Beat Generation and Travel
More so than any other literary movement, the Beats have influenced the world of travel and have...
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by Harry Burrus When Jack Kerouac died in 1969, only one of his 20+ books was in print. At the time, many critics announced the Beat Generation was irrelevant and had faded away. Others claimed the Beats were an insignificant...
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