Jack Kerouac in His Own Words
Jack Kerouac’s most noted work, On the Road, was published on September 5, 1957. The novel holds a spot on Modern Library’s list of the 100 Best English Language Novels of the 20th Century and on a similar list by Time Magazine. He was also one of the Beat poets, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. His work has had a lasting impact on the American literary scene and continues to pop up in a variety of other places, too -movies, music.
Here’s a look at that some of that work, from the man himself. You be the judge.
“San Francisco Scene”
“American Haikus”
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMwAtOom7CA[/youtube]
“October in the Railroad Earth”
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hjPZpaXNsw[/youtube]
“Visions of Cody”
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdewKn_gli0[/youtube]
On the Road
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MjPtem6ZbE[/youtube]
On the Writing of On the Road (Steve Allen Show – 1959)
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9SZ0IVcwjw[/youtube]
And for good measure, I’m including a few trailers from recent film adaptations…
On the Road (2012)
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZhM-AcCzNU[/youtube]
Big Sur (2013)
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w71t2lFXDU[/youtube]
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