Jack Kerouac

For many people today, The “father of the Beat Generation” Jack Kerouac epitomizes the romance of the open road and the passion of mad wanderings. He has...

“Like, man, if you’re beat, where else is there to go but Greenwich Village, Earth? Like, it’s Endsville, man, you dig?” That’s a fair expression of the way the Beat …

Kerouac breaths. Kerouac performs.

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In January 1962, Jack Kerouac wrote a piece for Writer's Digest asking, "Are Writers Made or Born?" Here are some quotes from that article. What do you think?