Stuart, Iowa
Where Jack Kerouac ‘took one little walk along the lonely brickwalls illuminated by one lamp, with the prairie brooding at the end of each little street and the smell of corn like dew in the night.’ and ‘… where years later Neal and I were stopped for suspicion in what looked like a stolen Cadillac’. … Continue reading
Jack Kerouac : The Town And The City
Jack Kerouac : The Town And The City (1950 Harcourt Brace) I don’t really see this post as a book review as such – a lot has been written about Kerouac’s work by people who can do this much better than I ever could, so I just want to share a few thoughts about The … Continue reading
Burning Furiously Beautiful The True Story Of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road
Burning Furiously Beautiful – The True Story Of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road Paul Maher Jr. & Stephanie Nikolopoulos I head to wait a long time to finally get a copy of Burning Furiously Beautiful, especially since I was determined to wait for the print edition (the ebook one was published a bit earlier). Haven’t … Continue reading
‘The Trickster In Ginsberg’ by Katherine C. Mead-Brewer
I am not sure how I first stumbled upon ‚The Trickster In Ginsberg’ by Baltimore based writer Katherine C Mead-Brewer, but the title immediately caught my attention as Allen Ginsberg’s life and work are intrinsically tied to that of Jack Kerouac and some of his poems are amongst the most beautiful I know. But its … Continue reading
My nominations for the Liebster Award
Further to my last post, here are my nominations for the Liebster Award. 01. Prairie Heart : http://prairieheartgypsysoul.wordpress.com/ 02: Humming House With A View: http://humminghousewithaview.com/ 03. Jason Henderson : http://jasonhendersonca.wordpress.com/ 04. Elmer Gantry : http://elmergantry.wordpress.com/ 05. A Touch Of Yellow in New York : http://atouchofyellowinnyc.wordpress.com/ 06. Sleeping Elephant : http://aewallaceblog.wordpress.com/ 07: Creative Portsmouth: http://creativeportsmouth.wordpress.com/ 08: Green … Continue reading
Retracing Jack Kerouac nominated for the Liebster Award
I messed up my previous attempt of reblogging the post by Katherine C Mead-Brewer so I am posting it again – here’s the link to Katherine’s fine blog Writing Reconsidered (more information about that coming soon on Retracing Jack Kerouac): http://howlinghowl.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nominated-for-the-liebster-award/ As the rules stipulate that you nominate 10 other blogs with less than 200 … Continue reading
Jack Kerouac : The Dharma Bums
The Dharma Bums has always been one of my favorite Kerouac books. What I loved from the first time I read it is the relaxed, peaceful and serene atmosphere described in most chapters, such as in the ones in which Ray (Kerouac) and Japhy Ryder (Gary Snyder) are sitting in a cabin, talking and having … Continue reading
4th Of July update
Just a little update to let you know that I just came back from my first long-ish hike (about 9 miles) done in preparation of the hiking I want to do next year in Sierra Nevada. The inspiration for that of course being Kerouac’s Dharma Bums which I started to read and which will be … Continue reading
Ann Charters Interview
I recently found this interview with Jack Kerouac biographer Ann Charters. As you can see from the photo of my copies of both the Selected Letters 1940-1956 and Selected Letters 1957-1969, I spent quite a bit of time studying both books. The interview is quite old, taking place in San Francisco in March of 1995, … Continue reading
Kerouac, Steinbeck and a new direction for Retracing Jack Kerouac
True to the title of the blog, I originally planned to limit myself to only posting photos of the places of importance to Kerouac that I visited. However, as I already put up most of the photos taken on the two trips in October of 2010 and March 2012 that provided the majority of the … Continue reading
Retracing Jack Kerouac 