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Jack Kerouac

Jan Kerouac

Arts, Culture & Media

Writer Jack Kerouac was best known for his 1957 book On the Road, and the free spirited Beat was nobody’s family man. Jan Kerouac only met her father twice, and as an adult she struggled to understand him. In 1989 Jan heard an archival recording of Jack Kerouac giving a talk, and radio producer Marjorie […]

On the Road With the Friedlanders

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“On The Road:” Masterpiece or Disaster?

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Books 2014

Here are the books we read this year that we think you’ll love

Books
On the Road

A Berlin student transforms Jack Kerouac’s ‘On The Road’ into a set of Google driving directions

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"Mañana Means Forever" by Tim Z. Hernandez

A novelist finds ‘the Mexican girl’ from Jack Kerouac’s book On the Road

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Author Tim Z. Hernandez went on a quest to find Bea Franco, the woman described by Jack Kerouac as his Mexican lover in “On the Road.” Now she’s in Franco’s new novel.

Ken Kesey’s Magic Bus and the tour of The Merry Pranksters

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A new documentary contends that author Ken Kesey’s legendary cross-country road trip kicked off the psychedelic 1960s.

Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road”

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It’s the 50th anniversary of the book that defined the Beat movement — the importance and lasting effects of “On the Road.”

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On the Road

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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 they suddenly had an issue on their hands.

Studio 360 Episode 837 Segment 2

On The Road