On the road again

Article Abstract:

Beat movement leaders of the 1950s such as Jack Kerouac, Ed Sanders, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Anne Waldman, Allen Ginsberg and others made a major impact on society. Director Francis Ford Coppola is planning a film version of 'On the Road.' A museum exhibition is also discussed.

Author: Johnson, Joyce
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 1995
Planning, History, Biography, Beat generation, On the Road (Motion picture)

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Kerouac's lonesome road

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Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" is still an very popular book even 30 years after his death. It was the bible for a cult of Beats seeking vagabond freedom. It has become a rite of passage into a mythic tribe to read the novel. Thieves are attracted to his books.

Author: Wolcott, James
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 1999
United States, Column, On the Road (Novel)

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Letters from Jack

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Correspondence between Writer Jack Kerouac and Joyce Johnson who had a love affair for nearly two years in the 1950s is presented.

Author: Johnson, Joyce
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 2000
Records and correspondence, Excerpt, Door wide Open: A beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958. (Book), Johnson, Joyce

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Subjects list: Works, Kerouac, Jack, Authors, Writers
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