Matt Dillon and Josh Brolin help examine the legacy of On The Road author Jack Kerouac in the trailer for the new documentary ...

THE BEAT OF A NATION explores Jack Kerouac’s legacy through stories of modern “on-the-roaders” and those who knew or were inspired by him. Featuring Josh Brolin, W. Kamau Bell, Matt Dillon and more, ...

"Kerouac wanted to get out and experience something bigger..." "With all the savage irresponsibility that that comes with." ...

Did Jack Kerouac really write On the Road in a drug-fueled three-week frenzy? Yes — and no. Whether you believe the legend or not, it's 50 years since the event, and the 120-foot scroll is on ...

Time is a key element in Jack Kerouac’s novel “On the Road.” “We know time,” the protagonist Dean Moriarty (based on Kerouac’s friend Neal Cassady) mutters throughout the book, an ...

Jack Kerouac (Tom Palumbo/CC BY-SA 2.0) It’s 2022 and “the twos” have it. First, the centennial of Ulysses, then The Wasteland and now that of Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), the famed novelist of ...

Essay; Jack Kerouac Found Rapture Off the Road On his 100th anniversary, the Beat novelist deserves to be remembered for his celebration of the American landscape ...

Douglas Brinkley’s “Jack Kerouac Found Rapture Off the Road” (Review, March 12) made me reread one of Kerouac’s best books, “On the Road.” His works remind me of the more adventurous ...

The Mayflower Café was one of the hottest stops during Cheyenne Frontier Days. It is one spot Jack Kerouac likely would have visited in 1947 before writing "On The Road." ...