Articles related to "Kerouac"

Brief biography and works of American writer Jack Kerouac, a leading member of the 1950s Beat Generation, along with Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs.

Original video clips and interviews with some of the most risky literary artists about the greatest writer of the 50s and 60s.

Paul Maher Jr.'s recent biographical study entitled Jack Kerouac's American Journey coincides with the 50th anniversary of the American classic On The Road.

This beginning novel in the ongoing Duluoz Legend gives a decent glimpse into the brilliance Kerouac would later achieve, but the glimpse arrives unfashionably late.

One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, a documentary soundtrack, collects 12 original songs based on Jack Kerouac's legendary 1962 novel.

The 'Beats' were a group of American writers who embraced originality and individuality through literature, sex, music and spirituality.

Modern travel writing in the United States began after the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great War of the 1940s.

Published nearly 25 years after Jack Kerouac's death, Good Blonde and Others collects a variety of his essays, criticisms, and autobiographical articles from magazines.

Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac's Lonesome Traveler is a collection of autobiographical essays detailing his travels and the various jobs he worked while writing.

Known as the novel that defined a generation, On the Road takes its readers on the greatest adventure of their lives.

This multimedia tribute to Beat king Jack Kerouac's Big Sur gives the novel new life for a new generation of readers.

Meet the women who inspired and loved Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs.

Jack Kerouac's early composition journals provide valuable insight into the author and the man, his travels, and the ideas that informed his published work.

A short summary of Jack Kerouac's life. Biographical information on his best works. Plus a list of Kerouac on the screen - big and small

New York City was the birthplace of the Beat Generation, one of the biggest cultural movements of the 20th century.

The new graphic novel chronicling the Beat Generation is unique, but written with a strong slant that may upset many fans of the Beats.

After he was on the road, Kerouac's Sal Paradise took another journey down to Mexico and fell for this pretty-mess of a woman named Tristessa. Mistakes follow.

Meet the women who inspired and loved Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs.

Author Joyce Johnson's memoir about life with Jack Kerouac and beyond.

In this, one of his final novels, Jack Kerouac confronts the dualities of pessimism and optimism, attempting to locate the tangible mid-ground

A rich, Southern flavor is the key ingredient to Finch's writing in this new collection.

There is more to Breakfast with Buddha than the flyleaf leads one to believe. It is a road trip and a spiritual trip in one book.

Here is a straightforward guide to some of the best Beat Culture Documentaries.

The Beat way of life was not only a rebellion against a mainstream society, but also deeply rooted in religion and finding ways of achieving peace.

New York City was the birthplace of the Beat Generation, one of the biggest cultural movements of the 20th century.

The Beat Movement began in New York but quickly swept across the country to San Francisco where the West Coast Beats gathered.

There were a number of aspects to the Beat vision, and religion and spirituality were a main part of it.

Along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs profoundly influenced his literary peers and helped to pioneer the Beat movement.

Brief biography of the poet and friend of Beat writers Jack Kerouac and Gary Snyder. Welch left a suicide note in 1971, then disappeared without a trace.

In the late 1940s, three boys at Reed College in Portland, Oregon would meet, become inspired by the Beat movement and become Beat writers.

Brief biography of Allen Ginsberg, a poet and leading figure of America's Beat era of new American poets. Famous for poems Howl and Kaddish.

William S. Burroughs penned "Nova Express," "The Wild Boys" and other novels. Along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, he was one of the famed Beat Generation writers.

Howl is Ginsberg's visionary poem of apocalypse which he dedicated to Carl Solomon, the patient he befriended in Columbia Psychiatric Institute.

In Bob Dylan's 1978 film "Renaldo and Clara", Allen Ginsberg portrays a religious father figure. The real-life links between the two were more intriguing.

Although it has become associated with the rebellion of the beatnik generation, Kerouac's 'On The Road' actually reveals the author's limitations and conservatism.

5/5: The final segment of Tom Waits' excellent Orphans whisks listeners through a diverse collection of the songwriter's take on Kerouac, Bukowski and traditional songs.

The rebellious, 'Beat' poets of the 1950s and '60s did what many American writers have done, before and since and travelled south to sample the high life in Mexico.

2010 will mark the 50th anniversary of John Updike's emergence as a literary star. What can today's American literary scene learn from a novel like Rabbit, Run?

During the 1950s, Beat poets in America withdrew from mainstream society. Many jazz greats provided music to enhance their performances and avant-garde thoughts.

Fiction from Geoffrey A. Landis, Steven Utley, Nebula-winner Jack McDevitt and David Ira Cleary, and facts from Robert Silverberg, Peter Heck and editor Sheila Williams

Hillary Clinton's most researched ancestry is her French lineage that includes founding families of Quebec, Canada's French Canadian province.

Armchair travelers delight in 20th-century masterpieces by Leigh Fermor, Least Heat Moon, Newby, Naipul, Bryson, Mary Morris, Kerouac, Peter Fleming, Chatwin and Theroux.

Brief biography and works of William S. Burroughs, a beat generation writer, along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.

Allen Ginsberg's ground-breaking poem "Howl," published in 1956, expressed the anger of a generation. It also shocked, provoked, and thrilled readers -- then and now.

There's life beyond Denver's 16th Street Mall. Visit Five Points museums, LoDo bars, Uptown's Restaurant Row, the Santa Fe ArtDistrict or historic homes on Capitol Hill.

California is notorious for being expensive. Save money when visiting San Francisco with these five free activities.

Although Lynyrd Skynyrd usually toured as a rock group, their experiences, philosophy and lyrics correlate with independent travel writers and legendary travellers.

Here are some great meditations for your sign. From the blogs' "Zen Quote of the Day" series.

While the women of the Beat movement did not receive the same attention of the mass media as the men, they were equally important in defining the generation.

The California coast is one of the state's best attractions. The Lonely Planet guide covers Disneyland, Pacific Coast Highway, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego.