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  • May 2008

    • Would Kerouac Be a Nuppie?

      Reason Magazine  |  May 25, 08 2:53 PM CDT

      Would Kerouac Be a Nuppie?

      (Newser) - The evolving lifestyle of nuppies—nomadic urban professionals—and upscale designers' efforts to outfit them catch the attention of Greg Beato, writing in Reason . Casulo, a trunk "crammed with enough stylish furniture to outfit a studio apartment," is one such easily transported option; a pair of mobile homes intends to take things further (and, ahem, farther). More »

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  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • On the Road Scroll on Display

      The Daily Texan  |  Mar 9, 08 6:30 PM CDT

      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

      Slate  |  Sep 5, 07 12:19 PM CDT

      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

  • June 2007

    • Texas Builds an Ultimate Archive

      New Yorker  |  Jun 17, 07 4:00 PM CDT

      Texas Builds an Ultimate Archive

      (Newser) - Start with 48 Gutenberg Bibles—yes, count 'em, 48. Move on to the corrected proofs of Joyce's Ulysses and then to part of Kerouac's original manuscript for On the Road .  Then finish up with Woodward and Bernstein's Watergate notes. These items and much, much more are in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center in Austin, Texas. More »

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      book  • money  • literature  • Watergate  • archive  • Jack Kerouac  • University of Texas  • James Joyce

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