Saturday, September 21, 2024

Remembering Jack Kerouac's sister, Nin

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   Caroline with her brother, Jack Caroline "Nin" Kerouac Blake died on September 19 in 1964. Nin was Jack Kerouac's older sis...
Monday, September 9, 2024

A Kerouac 2-for-1 Date

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                                          Famed photographer Robert Frank died on this date -- September 9 -- in 2019. We wrote about his de...
Saturday, September 7, 2024

September 6: A Macabre Date in the Kerouac Saga

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  Natalie Jackson (L) and Joan Vollmer (R) Two woman associated with Jack Kerouac died young in tragic ways and they share yesterday's d...
Thursday, September 5, 2024

Anniversary of the Publication of Jack Kerouac's On The Road

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  My dog-eared and annotated copy of  On The Road The publication of Jack Kerouac's  On The Road  happened on this date -- September 5 -...
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Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Without This Birthday Boy, There'd Be No Jack Kerouac

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                                          On today's date -- September 3 -- Justin W. Brierly was born in 1905. Brierly appeared in seve...
Monday, September 2, 2024

A Kerouac-Related Birthday of Note

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  David Kammerer For those of you steeped in Beat lore, the name David Kammerer needs no explanation. For those of you new to the subject or...
Thursday, August 29, 2024

Remembering Chandler Brossard

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                                                              Chandler Brossard, who some claim wrote the first Beat novel ( Who Walk in Dar...