2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the publishing of On The Road by Jack Kerouac. I'm a big Kerouac fan. I've read most of his books. On The Road was a milestone piece of work in American Literature, and it's impacted millions of people.
I didn't discover it until my late 20s. Kerouac was one of many great beat writers I read at that time in my life. I'm glad I was older when I read the book. I think I had a different appreciation for it than I would have had I read it when I was, say, an impressionable, hormonal, angry, searching-for-meaning-17-year-old. I appreciated it for its poetic aesthetics, not just the story.
I compiled a short Trailfire for anyone interested in diving deeper into the book and Kerouac.
I am a Kerouac fan too. Minor Characters, by Joyce Johnson is a good book that follows the beat movement too.
Posted by: Jodie | August 22, 2007 at 06:28 PM