Tag Archives: Jack Kerouac

Nowhere to go but everywhere

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

“There was nowhere to go but everywhere…”

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Steal This Book

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

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 →

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Qwerty Portraits

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

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.  

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Don’t Quote Me

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Nowhere to go but everywhere

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Jack Kerouac‘s now iconic road novel has been mined by writers and artists for a generation. In the last year alone, we’ve seen two major films. But for my money, the best recent riff on the classic Beat novel is … Continue reading →

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It’s Lost Novel Season

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Last week, Jack Kerouac‘s first novel, The Sea is My Brother, was finally published (Penguin, UK) 40 years after his death and 70 years after it was written. Long thought to be lost forever, the freshman novel was supposedly discovered … Continue reading →

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