From Jack Kerouac’s Benzedrine benders to Allen Ginsberg’s sexual subversion, the Beatniks radically changed American literature and culture in the mid 20th century, turning post-war America from what ...

The squat little brick building at 2558 Champa Street where Cassady and his family once lived still stands, crushed between a much larger, abandoned home on the corner (above) and a rehabbed business.

Neal Cassady was better known as the man who inspired artists in the Beat Generation than as an artist himself. The fabled “Joan Anderson Letter’ of December 1950 was sent by Cassady to Jack Kerouac.

NEW YORK (AP) — A 1950 Neal Cassady letter that inspired Jack Kerouac's spontaneous style in "On the Road" is heading to auction where it's expected to bring up to $600,000. Christie's is offering the ...

This interview originally aired Dec 15, 2014. The hero of “On the Road,” Jack Kerouac’s groundbreaking 1957 novel, is a prolific car thief and charmer named Dean Moriarty. Kerouac based the character ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... He only lived there for a year, but Beat Generation muse Neal Cassady left his mark on 2558 Champa St. in Denver. The 400-square-foot building, sandwiched ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Neal Cassady Denver Years, image provided by CPT12 Neal Cassady was more than a Denver original. He drove the bus for Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. He ...

Neal Cassady won’t go away. The wild young man dashing madly down the highways of experience, liberated from conventional restraints and searching for sex and salvation in the American night, sent ...

She was married to Jack Kerouac's friend Neal Cassady, and had an affair with the influential writer. By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Carolyn Cassady, a writer who was married to Jack Kerouac‘s ...

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