Jack Kerouac's ex-girlfriend, the author Joyce Johnson, tells PEOPLE that the intense public reaction to Kerouac's 1957 novel On the Road made him feel he "was under a tremendous attack all the time" ...

The documentary "interweaves stories of modern-day 'on-the-roaders' who share connections to Kerouac’s life, alongside those [who were] influenced by him or knew and loved him," according to an ...

"Kerouac wanted to get out and experience something bigger..." "With all the savage irresponsibility that that comes with." Freestyle Releasing has debuted the trailer for a documentary titled Kerouac ...

The new documentary 'Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation' is in select theaters Aug. 1 Matt Dillon and Josh Brolin are among a number of celebrities paying tribute to Jack Kerouac in a new ...

"Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?" -- Jack Kerouac, "On the Road" Nearly 20 years ago I wrote about Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," marking the 50th anniversary of its ...

Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel On the Road is widely regarded as a 20th century American classic, but the celebrated author did not necessarily feel like an all-American writer. "I remember Joyce and I ...

Back in the early ’60s, a 16-year-old high school senior sat across from an admissions official at Princeton University. Glancing briefly at the student’s erratic academic record, he asked what field ...

Jack Kerouac would've turned 85 this year had he not succumbed to alcohol in 1969. He was 47 when he died, sad and bitter, archly conservative, living with his mother and befuddled by the lost ...

The original draft of Jack Kerouac’s most iconic book is returning to the author’s home city thanks to its new owner, country music star Zach Bryan. Related Articles Andrew Garfield says J.K.

Jack Kerouac, circa 1958 (left); Joyce Johnson on June 5, 2025. Jack Kerouac's ex-girlfriend is recalling how the success of his breakthrough 1957 novel On the Road negatively affected the legendary ...

Filmmaker Ebs Burnough's new documentary 'Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation' is in theaters now Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel On the Road is widely regarded as a 20th century American classic, but the ...