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  • March 2008
    • On the Road Scroll on Display

      On the Road Scroll on Display

      (Newser) - Beat lovers can check out the manuscript of Jack Kerouac's classic novel On the Road at the University of Texas, where it is displayed complete with scribbles and scratch outs. A long glass case allows visitors to view about a third of the book, which was written uninterrupted in a 120-foot scroll. "When Kerouac talked about the scroll, he talked about it mimicking the shape of road," a Texas curator Molly Schwartzburg said.  More »

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      travel   author   writing   University of Texas   Jack Kerouac   beatniks

  • September 2007
    • Kerouac Was Klutzy Fatalist, Tragic Goofball

      Kerouac Was Klutzy Fatalist, Tragic Goofball

      (Newser) - For today’s 50th anniversary of On the Road ’s publication, Slate canvassed some of Jack Kerouac’s associates, creating a dramatic and nostalgic picture. The poet’s agent remembers he was thrown for a loop by the “demon” of “public reaction, celebrity,” and Carolyn Cassady recalls him as “a hunk, a football star, and a klutz.” More »

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      literature   anniversary   Jack Kerouac   hippies   On the Road   beatniks

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