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The Town and the City

by GK Stritch | Nov 7, 2013 | Reviews | 2

The Town and the City is a complete joy, Jack Kerouac’s holiday present to the world. As the New...

Chelsea’s Ghosts Revisited

by GK Stritch | Oct 30, 2013 | Essays | 3

For literary types and students of Beat history who intend to invest a few cool million in real...

After the Deluge

by Larry Beckett | Jan 4, 2013 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 0

“What are you rebelling against?” the local girl asks one of the “saintly motorcyclists” in the...

New Kerouac Novel In The News; New Book About “On The Road” Published

by David S. Wills | Nov 27, 2011 | Beat News | 0

The interviews with Henderson tell a different side of the now-famously fabled story of how the Beat Generation was jump-started into motion. There are many excellent photos included, as well. Watch for a review in the soon-to-be-released Beatdom Issue 10, the Religion Issue!

The Beat Generation and Travel

by David S. Wills | Feb 17, 2010 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 1

More so than any other literary movement, the Beats have influenced the world of travel and have...

The Breton Traveller

by Dave Moore | Jul 10, 2009 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 1

Jack Kerouac’s Search for his Roots Much has been written about Kerouac’s apparent...

Jack Kerouac’s Visions of Gerard

by David S. Wills | Jul 10, 2009 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 1

By Kristin McLaughlin Without Gerard, what would have happened to Ti Jean? – Jack Kerouac[1] Visions of Gerard is Kerouac’s prolonged meditation on his older, saintly brother Gerard, who died at the age of nine (Jack was four at...

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