Kerouac
Americannoun
noun
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The hilarious essay on Allen Ginsberg describes a fateful night in 1958 that Podhoretz spent arguing with the manic poet himself as Jack Kerouac sat silently by.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
It featured songs from Radiohead, The Beatles, Kate Bush and Abba, sandwiched between interludes of Jack Kerouac poems and radio comedy.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2025
The show features wall text with a quote by Beat poet and writer Jack Kerouac.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
When J.H., a junior at an Orange County public high school, went to the school library to check out On the Road by Jack Kerouac, it was nowhere to be found.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025
The sluggers have fallen in love with Kerouac and Keats and Woolf and Shakespeare, and hope I’ll press the button to preserve our literature for other alien races to explore.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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