Kerouac’s Continuing Quest
Review of the Dharma Bums
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The End of the Road
R. R. Reno The road dominates the American imagination, from the Oregon Trail to Route 66. That strange, in-between time of escape, freedom, and adventure: On The Road, you leave behind all the ordinary routines and demands....
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The Beat Generation and Travel
More so than any other literary movement, the Beats have influenced the world of travel and have...
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by Hannah Withrow 1 I begin my immersion into female Beat writers fittingly with Diane di Prima; referred to in one anthology as “Poet Priestess,” she is one of the more well-known of these women. My introduction to her large...
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by Harry Burrus When Jack Kerouac died in 1969, only one of his 20+ books was in print. At the time, many critics announced the Beat Generation was irrelevant and had faded away. Others claimed the Beats were an insignificant...
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