“The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise” and the Hippos and Benny Goodman and the Savoy
“We passed the Apollo theater . . . . and then we crossed the street to a penny arcade . . . . and...
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Category: Essays
William S. Burroughs: Botanist
In 1953, William S. Burroughs published his first novel, Junkie, which ended with the ominous...
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Drinking from the Beat Menu
Jack Kerouac Gin, whiskey, beer, cognac, and wine According to his biographer, Michael...
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Herbert Huncke – Times Square Superstar
by Spencer Kansa. I first met Herbert Huncke in the Spring of 1992, during a layover in New...
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Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face: Favorite Saint of Gabrielle Ange L’Evesque Kerouac
Thérèse Martin (1873-1897) was four years old when her mother died. She entered the Carmelite...
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Jack Kerouac Shipped Out from Perth Amboy
In Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958 by Jack Kerouac and Joyce Johnson,...
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Down These Mean Streets: Raymond Chandler’s L.A.
by Chris Dickerson Certain cities belong to a few writers. They may not own the towns...
Read MoreJack Kerouac’s Poetry—Where is the Gold, if There’s Gold?
This paper is a short inquiry into the quality of Jack Kerouac’s poetry. Kerouac is an American writer who has maintained an enduring hold on succeeding generations of readers through his long prose works, such as On the Road...
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