Jack Kerouac’s classic Beat Generation novel is over 60 years old, but does it still speak to young readers? We asked Hillary Frank and Jonathan Menjivar, two newly married radio producers, to explore just that. But Hillary hated the book, and suddenly they had an issue on their hands.
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