Jack Kerouac
Page-Turner
“Talking of Dead Jack”
Allen Ginsberg’s journal entries in the days immediately following Jack Kerouac’s death, fifty years ago.
Daily Comment
How Robert Frank’s Photographs Helped Define America
The array of moments that Frank captured and presented is a statement on the broad, unwieldy idea on which the nation is premised.
Under Review
Roberto Bolaño and the Beat Connection
In “The Spirit of Science Fiction,” Bolaño drew on his lifelong fascination with Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs.
Double Take
Sunday Reading: The Beat Generation
Culture Desk
A Slightly Embarrassing Love for Jack Kerouac
The books we read as teen-agers are sacred, even when they’re plainly imperfect.
The Sporting Scene
Football and the Fall of Jack Kerouac
The Current Cinema
Open Country
Page-Turner
Neal Cassady: American Muse, Holy Fool
Sci-Fi
Olds Rocket 88, 1950
The Theatre
A Talent To Abuse
Pop Music
Gravel Pit
Sticky Fingers
To Catch a Beat
Page-Turner
Talk Like a Beat? No Way Daddy-o!
Page-Turner
Six Shorts to Read During a Hurricane
Sketchbook
The People’s Palace
Books
Off the Rim
In the Stacks