Jack Kerouac

Book Review: Herbert Huncke — The “American Hipster” Who Influenced The Beat Movement

September 11, 2013
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Hilary Holladay’s biography of Herbert Huncke provides valuable insight into a person and world that were begging to be explored.

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Film Commentary: Visions of “On the Road,” the Movie

December 21, 2012
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Jack Kerouac once said that “On the Road” “was really a story about 2 Catholic buddies roaming the country in search of God,” but the spiritual element of his journey is completely lacking in the film.

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Book Review: Traveling Down ‘Paradise Road’

May 8, 2010
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Paradise Road: Jack Kerouac’s Lost Highway and My Search for America by Jay Atkinson, Wiley and Sons, 250 pages, $25.95 Reviewed By Nancye Tuttle I’m ready to pack my bag and hit the road. But it isn’t Jack Kerouac’s iconic 1957 novel On the Road that’s fueling my wanderlust. It’s Jay Atkinson’s compelling, new memoir…

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