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" ...

Early in the semi-autobiographical novel “On the Road,” the young New York writer Sal Paradise decides to make a cross-country trip, and he dreams of the good times he’ll have in the “Promised Land” ...

"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 ...

This September marks 50 years since Jack Kerouac's On the Road hit bookshelves, stirred controversy and spoke — in a new voice — to a generation of readers. Today the beat travelogue continues to sell ...

"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 ...

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CANNES, France - Fifty-five years after its publication, Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" is finally burning on the big screen. Everyone from Marlon Brando to Jean-Luc Godard to Brad Pitt has circled the ...

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 negativelyaffected the legendary ...