Jack Kerouac

North Beach forever
"It was the end of the continent; they didn't give a damn," Jack Kerouac said of San Francisco. But what happens when you and your city grow up?
The sound bite and the fury
Literary bad boy James Frey says Dave Eggers can eat his dust. His self-promotion is tiresome, but his addiction memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," shows he has the right stuff.
Seinfeld considers crawling back
Another season isn't out of the question; Dylan's made a stone saint. Plus: Crudup and Pitt to be Coppola's Beat boys, and Danny Bonaduce wrecks his boat and hits his head!
"Orpheus Emerged"
Jack Kerouac's lost 1945 novella has been rediscovered and given new life as an e-book.
"On the Road"
Matt Dillon stars in the new audio release of Jack Kerouac's infamous tale of social disillusionment, drugs, alcohol and mysticism.
My mother and Jack Kerouac
Reading their love letters from before I was born is an eerie experience.
Hugh Hefner
The 20th century's indefatigable swinger is still mixing martinis, cavorting with naked women, encouraging men to play indoors and reinventing himself.
The Salon Interview: Kurt Vonnegut
The author of "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Breakfast of Champions" talks about Capote and Kerouac, Hillary and Rudy, television and, of course, the end of the world.
Back to the '50s
Five favorite novels from a decade that was wilder than you think.
The Beats go on
Filmmaker Chuck Workman on "The Source," his fawning tribute to the Beat generation.
Gilbert Millstein
Journalist, whose review of "On the Road" propelled Jack Kerouac to fame, dies.
Some Of The Dharma
Stephen Prothero reviews 'Some of the Dharma' by Jack Kerouac.
Personal Best: On The Road
"On the Road", by Jack Kerouac.

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