beat generation

Presents the memoirs of novelist Joyce Johnson during the beat generation of the 1950s and chronicles her stormy relationship with Jack Kerouac.

Composer-performer David Amram chronicles his friendship with author Jack Kerouac, discussing how they helped inspire one another through their friendship and work.

Chronicles the life of Jack Kerouac and discusses his writing, his personal and professional life, and his friendship with his editor.

Anthology of Kerouac's writings including selections from the series of autobiographical novels called The legend of Duluoz with an identity key matching the characters with the real people they represent.

Reprint of a 1958 novel by Beat generation writer Jack Kerouac, in which Leo Percepied, a writer in underground San Francisco, makes an important discovery about himself and his life at the moment when his lover is leaving him.

Two young men search for Truth the Zen way in California and Washington State.

This book, discovered by his estate, chronicles the passions, conflicts and dreams of a group of bohemians searching for truth. Kerouac wrote the story shortly after meeting Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Lucien Carr, and others in and around Columbia University.

Examines his life and his philosophy as a writer as well as his troubled ties with family, friends, lovers, and the literary establishment.