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Tag Archives: Jack Kerouac
in America when the sun goes down
Last Friday would have been Jack Kerouac’s 99th birthday. One of the online commemorations linked to this extraordinary clip from a 1959 television appearance on the Steve Allen Show. Kerouac reads from On the Road while Allen plays some bluesy jazz … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, History, USA, Writing
Tagged Beats, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Steve Allen
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I shared a vagrant optimism
Hunter S. Thompson —”I shared a vagrant optimism that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top. At the same time, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, Poetry, Sylvia Plath, Toni Morrison
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On the Road
The iconic artist Ed Ruscha has long been inspired by urban America – its cars, billboards, gas stations and low-slung houses all strung out in a seemingly endless sprawl. The short film below combines images from the Getty Research Institutes’s … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Film, USA, Writing
Tagged Ed Ruscha, Jack Kerouac, Los Angeles
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Literary Road Trips
For the last century, American road trips have inspired authors to write great novels and memoirs based on their travels by car, bus, or motorcycle. From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Jack Kerouac the open road has launched a special form … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Public Transport, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA, Writing
Tagged Bill Bryson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac, Tom Wolfe
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American Writers Museum Opens
On May 16th, the long-awaited American Writers Museum will open in the heart of Chicago’s tourist district. Located at 108 North Michigan Avenue, not far from the world famous Art Institute and Millennium Park, the museum features multimedia installations, permanent … Continue reading
Posted in Books, ebooks, History, Museums, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged American Writers, Art Institute, Chicago, Jack Kerouac, Mark Twain
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Nowhere to go but everywhere
“There was nowhere to go but everywhere…”
Posted in Books, Maps, USA, Writing
Tagged Beats, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, roadtrip
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Steal This Book
Vintage/Anchor Books recently tweeted this photo of a “Most Stolen Books” shelf from an unidentified bookstore. I’m not too surprised by the “popularity” of Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, or Henry Miller, but who risks getting arrested to steal a book … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Haruki Murakami, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Kurt Vonnegut
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Qwerty Portraits
Brazilian artist Álvaro Franca uses old electric and manual typewriters to create these amazing portraits of iconic authors like J.D. Salinger, Clarice Lispector, Charles Bukowski and Jack Kerouac. This little video demonstrates how it’s done.
Posted in Art, Books, South America, Tech, Writing
Tagged Charles Bukowski, Clarice Lispector, J.D. Salinger, Jack Kerouac
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