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Jack Kerouac

Jan Kerouac

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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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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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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.”

New Movie Releases: ‘On the Road,’ ‘The Impossible,’ ‘Promised Land’

It’s the first Friday of 2013, with a number of new movies set for release. One of the most highly anticipated is the new adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel “On the Road.” Also garnering a lot of buzz (and Golden Globe nominations): “The Impossible,” a film about a family trapped in the Indian Ocean […]

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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

<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.

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