Faithful readers of The Daily Beat need no introduction to Albert Saijo, but in case you are dropping by and new to Jack Kerouac, here ...

In the mail today I received a flyer from Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! about the festival this October 5-9. It reminded me that it can be chal...

One of my students made this woodburning for me as a retirement gift. It's from Part 1, Chapter 4 of O n The Road . What an excell...

I recently received the below e-mail from the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Committee. With participants like John Leland (author of Why Kerouac...

I just scored this used copy of Dwight Goddard's A Buddhist Bible . It was a significant influence on Jack Kerouac, so much so that,...

A few years ago, the University of Maine at Farmington -- from which I am retiring in 30 days -- started a tradition of having one of its re...

Poets on the Peaks: Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen & Jack Kerouac in the North Cascades A few months ago, this book arrived in the mail...