Mentions (11)
"I guess the fake macho guys of the 40s and 50s (Kerouac, Burroughs, Bukowski) tried to compensate by becoming degenerate drug addicts or temporary hobos, but that's long gone."
"we dont even have, like, beat gen writers like kerouac or fariña or something to at least give a sign of the times. all the books being written today seem to be chock full of references to other media rather than existing within itself as a stand-alone story."
"I've been reading a lot of the beat era literature. I love Ginsberg and Burroughs but I can't seem to really get into Kerouac. I've practiced Buddhism for years and I find his understanding alright if not misleading. I don't really get the point of 'on the road.'"
"Recently I've been listening to his audiobooks and realizing that these books are best when read aloud. It brings out so much of his style. The narrators are incredible (Ethan Hawke, John Ventimiglia) and are really reigniting my love for his work. Really got into On the Road in college and enjoyed "
"But you know if Jack Keourack and Hunter S. would show up to my door I would be back to my bullshit in a minute"
"Been reading on the Road by Jack Kerouac and I wonder how far you could actually get by hickhiking in modern America. Considering how much of a low trust society we are today."
"I've been reading a lot of the beat era literature. I love Ginsberg and Burroughs but I can't seem to really get into Kerouac."
"Recently I've been listening to his audiobooks and realizing that these books are best when read aloud. It brings out so much of his style."
"But you know if Jack Keourack and Hunter S. would show up to my door I would be back to my bullshit in a minute"
"Been reading on the Road by Jack Kerouac"
"bring me this Library of America 3-in-1 Kerouac edition of Visions of Cody, Visions of Gerard and Big Sur I had laying around my house, not yet read. All three Kerouac books were great. I'd never read him in my life or anything like him, Visions of Cody especially, lunatic pseudomystic Catholic boy "