America's Facebook generation shows a submission to standardization that I haven't seen before. The American adventure has always been about people forgetting… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
Regarding R. H. Blyth: Blyth's four volume Haiku became especially popular at this time [1950's] because his translations were based on the… — Reginald Horace Blyth Copy Share Image
If I'm still wistful about On the Road, I look on the rest of the Kerouac oeuvre--the poems, the poems!--in horror. Read… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Jack Kerouac seems to have been preoccupied with the question of duality from a very young age. He seemed to feel that… — Joyce Johnson Copy Share Image
“I visualized myself at Norma's house, stretched out on her couch, my eyes closed, and she at bthe paino playing a powerful… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image