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Beat Generation

Beat Speak

Arts, Culture & Media

The beat musician David Amram tells us how the Beats influenced the way we live and talk today.

Jan Kerouac

Arts, Culture & Media

“On The Road:” Masterpiece or Disaster?

Arts, Culture & Media

Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road”

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Iconic Paris Bookstore Owner George Whitman Dies

Arts, Culture & Media

Getting Royal in New York City

Takeaway producer – and today, wedding correspondent – Kristen Meinzer is in New York City’s Greenwich Village, watching the royal festivities with other enthusiasts. We talk to Kristen about how the royal wedding is being seen on the streets of NYC.  

The World

On the Road

Arts, Culture & Media

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.

The World

Poetry and rebellion with the directors of ‘Howl’

Arts, Culture & Media

A new movie, ‘Howl,’ starring James Franco, John Hamm, and Mary Louise Parker, follows the story of the poem and the man who wrote it.

<em>On the Road</em>

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.

<em>On the Road</em>

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.