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Tag Archives: The Dharma Bums
Kerouac’s eloquence in “The Dharma Bums”
I love reading books penned by Jack Kerouac. Somehow, his freewheeling eloquence with the written word just lifts imagery and wisdom right off the page and into your soul’s deepest crevasses. Earlier today I finished reading The Dharma Bums and … Continue reading
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Tagged books, inspiration, Jack Kerouac, novels, The Dharma Bums, wisdom
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Alternate avenues in the search for “America”
While reading Dennis McNally’s thoroughly comprehensive, engrossing, and ultimately tragic biography of Jack Kerouac’s life, entitled Desolate Angel, I began thinking about the varied life paths taken by children from the same era. For example, my father and Beat Generation author … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Beat Generation, book reviews, books, Jack Kerouac, literature, Mao, music, On The Road, quotes, Simon and Garfunkel, The Dharma Bums, writing
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