Kerouac didn’t want to be Philip Roth. He wanted to be a mid-century jazz version of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. His unique spiritual vision demands more than what amounts to a coffee table book ...

Just a few months before I met Kerouac, my boss at the agency had given me the task of clearing her shelves of books by former clients. One book destined for the Salvation Army pile was Jack's ...

I have hundreds of books, but none of them are signed. I'm not a fanboy. I like boxing, but when I met Muhammad Ali in a hotel lobby, I didn't ask for his autograph. For about 50 years, I've loved the ...

Neal Cassady never published a book in his life. Yet he’s considered one of the most prominent figures of the Beat Generation — and a crucial influence on the work of Jack Kerouac and Allen ...

Who is Jack Kerouac? Just say “On the Road ... I was cruising eBay for Kerouac books I don't have and there was a guy selling a three-by-three-inch square of one of Kerouac's white T-shirts ...