Category Archives: Kerouac
Kerouac 100 in Portugal
On October 28, 2022, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, will host a celebratory event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Jack Kerouac. The event includes a keynote by Prof. Polina Mackay, panels on … Continue reading
Jack Kerouac at 100, the Beats in Ruigoord
On March 12, 2022 it was a hundred years ago that the American writer Jack Kerouac was born.To celebrate his centennial a large number of events is taken place this year. Kerouacs’ birthplace Lowell, Massachusetts takes centre stage with readings, … Continue reading
American Joyride: 100 Lines for the Kerouac Centenary
Follow this link HERE for an amazing video homage to Jack Kerouac by Tom Knoff and Kurt Hemmer, marking the centenary of Kerouac’s birth in Lowell, Massachusetts, March 12, 1922.
CFP Journal of Beat Studies – Kerouac Centenary
The Journal of Beat Studies volume 10 will be a special issue focusing on Jack Kerouac in honor of his centenary. The coeditors of this issue, Ronna Johnson and Tim Hunt, inv Continue reading
Kerouac Live! adds US film premiere
This month’s UK show celebrating the Beat writer’s centenary is now delighted to include American Joyride, a new and unseen short capturing the spirit of his art in words and images https://simonwarner.substack.com/p/kerouac-lives-adds-us-film-premiere
Kerouac Centenary Film – Interview with Filmmakers
Tom Knoff and Kurt Hemmer in conversation with Simon Warner about their new short film: https://simonwarner.substack.com/p/riding-high-kerouac-centenary-film
Kerouac and Beat Generation Exhibition in Japan
Some information on the upcoming exhibition from organizer Matt Theado: Discover America and the Beat GenerationJack Kerouac Types ON THE ROADThe genealogy of a counterculture through publications The exhibition opens at BB Plaza Museum of Art in Kobe on July … Continue reading
Review of Gerald Nicosia’s New Book
Read Matthew McLaughlin’s great review of Beat Scrapbook, accompanied by some magical photos contributed by Nicosia himself- here.
Kerouac Scroll in Japan
Jack Kerouac’s One the Road scroll is going to Japan in May 2020! See the flyer here: Scroll Exhibition flier