Blog Posts - Kerouac



Jack Kerouac in Italia, nel 1966. L'intervista.

Jack Kerouac (Lowell, 12 marzo 1922 – St. Petersburg, 21 ottobre 1969), nel 1966 si reca in Italia per una serie di incontri di promozione da tenersi a Roma e Milano, dove incontra Fernanda Pivano, scrittrice e giornalista...
by Chronicles from the Holocene on Mar 27, 2014

The Legacy of the Beats

Numerous times, I have heard people say, “Reading On the Road changed my life.” They go on to tell of going hitch-hiking, taking LSD, or changing majors from sociology to comparative religion. What have these alterations to do with literature?
by Poetry on the Loose on Mar 1, 2014

On the Road for 17,527 Miles

Here’s a funny one: Would you follow the exact route Jack Kerouac took in On the Road? I loved On the Road (the book, not the movie), but when I look at these directions I think there is no possible way I would ever follow them. Sure, part of m...
by Travel plan idea on Feb 16, 2014

Book Fetish: Volume XCVIII

The Book Fetish series is sponsored by StitchFix. Keep your wardrobe up to date with the latest styles hand-picked just for you and shipped to your door. I’m really excited to be sharing the Book Fetish series with Rachel more regularly now. I...
by Book Riot on Feb 6, 2014

Cuarteado

“Vive tu memoria y asómbrate.” Jack Kerouac 12/04/2009 18:30:47 Timimoun (Argelia) 60 mm. 100 ISO 1/200 seg. f/3,5...
by La Foto del Dia on Jan 10, 2014

Candelabrum

The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary of Mexico City (interior detail) “One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums music+imageThanks for visiting, plea...

Was Just Watching The Movie, Jobs…..

  and I realized that someone that driven, that innovative, that much of a perfectionist had to be mentally interesting …Continue reading »...

Il Destino di Dio. Poesie beat di Iannozzi Giuseppe e segnalazione “L’ultimo segreto di Nietzsche” (Cicorivolta edizioni)

Il Destino di Dio Poesie beat di Iannozzi Giuseppe L’ultimo segreto di Nietzsche (Il ritorno del filosofo a Torino) nelle librerie Feltrinelli a soli € 11,05 L’ultimo segreto di Nietzsche (Il ritorno del filosofo a Torino) Beppe Iannozzi – Ci...
by Iannozzi Giuseppe on Dec 1, 2013

“Orfeo emerso” di Jack Kerouac – di Iannozzi Giuseppe

Orfeo emerso Jack Kerouac di Iannozzi Giuseppe “Fra tanti maestri di vita che gli indicavano strade opposte Kerouac si è ucciso cercando di difendere la strada che si era scelta da sé, quella dell’energia vitale, dell’energia creativa...
by Iannozzi Giuseppe on Nov 22, 2013

Peace with inches…

I have just this moment finished reading Off the Road, the autobiography of Carolyn Cassady, where she tells in unrelenting detail tales of life with her writer husband Neal, novelist Jack Kerouac, and poet Allen Ginsberg in their prime, when their c...
by Journeys Into The Night on Nov 13, 2013

Peace with inches…

I have just this moment finished reading Off the Road, the autobiography of Carolyn Cassady, where she tells in unrelenting detail tales of life with her writer husband Neal, novelist Jack Kerouac, and poet Allen Ginsberg in their prime, when their c...
by Journeys Into The Night on Nov 13, 2013

Desert Island DYC :: James Daniel Rodger

We’ve slightly shamelessly pinched this concept from a little known radio show called ‘Desert Island Discs’. So you can get to know a little more about our writers, [...]The post Desert Island DYC :: James Daniel Rodger appeared fir...
by Dance Yrself Clean on Oct 5, 2013

Death of the Hipster?

Is the hipster a dying breed? Firedog takes a closer look. The post Death of the Hipster? appeared first on Firedog creative agency.
by Firedog Blog on Sep 30, 2013

Sex, Drugs and Jazz: The Excesses of the Beat Generation

Kerouac's book On the Road can be easily considered the Bible of the Beat Generation. It depicts a rebellious lifestyle that was in sharp contrast to that lived by most people of the era. It contains the seed of the later hippie movement and was mark...
by Arash's World on Aug 9, 2013

Leituras de Maio!

Funny Girl - Funny Girl | Cinema, Teatro, Literatura, Música e ModaE aí, galeree! Hora de saber o que andamos lendo no mês de maio! Um agradecimento especial as editoras Novo Conceito, Cia das Letras e L&PM, que cederam alguns de seus exemplar...
by Funny Girl on Jun 6, 2013

Be in love with your life. Every minute of it. Jack Kerouac...

Be in love with your life. Every minute of it. Jack Kerouac quote, illustrated by Cherry & Cherry PRINTS.
by Sugar. The name is Sugar. on Apr 27, 2013

Be in love with your life. Every minute of it. Jack Kerouac...

Be in love with your life. Every minute of it. Jack Kerouac quote, illustrated by Cherry & Cherry PRINTS.
by Sugar. The name is Sugar. on Apr 27, 2013

On the Road

On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac. On the Road is based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across America. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat Generation with its protagonists living life against a b...
by Futility on Apr 6, 2013

ERB Weekly Digest – March 15, 2013 – James K.A. Smith, Woody Guthrie, Jack Kerouac, MORE

    Today is the birthday of Liberty Hyde Bailey, an agrarian writer whose work deeply influenced Wendell Berry. DOWNLOAD his classic work THE HOLY EARTH for FREE on Kindle: http://amzn.to/TheHolyEarth   We have launched a new website...
by The Englewood Review of Books on Mar 15, 2013

The song of the week

We have a special one this week. From the soundtrack of On the Road, I picked up a beautiful and amazing song. Actually, this is just a tune, no lyrics, no words, only a beatific sound that carries you away on a road of dreames and inspiration, a pro...
by Futility on Mar 11, 2013


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