NPR: jack kerouac https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129603454 jack kerouac en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Thu, 22 May 2025 14:05:57 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: jack kerouac https://www.npr.org/tags/129603454/jack-kerouac Book News: The Elusive Elena Ferrante Finally Speaks — Sort Of Not much is known about the acclaimed Italian novelist besides her pen name and her books. But she sat for a recent interview — conducted in writing, with her publisher as intermediary. Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:16:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/10/369833119/book-news-the-elusive-elena-ferrante-finally-speaks-sort-of https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/10/369833119/book-news-the-elusive-elena-ferrante-finally-speaks-sort-of

Not much is known about the acclaimed Italian novelist besides her pen name and her books. But she sat for a recent interview — conducted in writing, with her publisher as intermediary.

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]]> Colin Dwyer Book News: Note That Helped Put Kerouac 'On The Road' Is Now On The Block Once thought lost to a watery grave, Neal Cassady's letter to Jack Kerouac, which inspired <em>On the Road</em>, has resurfaced and will be sold Dec. 17. Also: Daniel Handler delivers on his $110,000 apology. Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:56:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/11/24/366313072/book-news-note-that-helped-put-kerouac-on-the-road-is-now-on-the-block https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/11/24/366313072/book-news-note-that-helped-put-kerouac-on-the-road-is-now-on-the-block On the Road, a draft of which is seen here, may never have taken the rambling form it did, had he not seen a letter similarly styled by his friend Neal Cassady.'/>

Once thought lost to a watery grave, Neal Cassady's letter to Jack Kerouac, which inspired On the Road, has resurfaced and will be sold Dec. 17. Also: Daniel Handler delivers on his $110,000 apology.

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]]> Colin Dwyer Book News: Rankine, Glück On National Book Awards Longlist For Poetry Also: recently discovered letters by Jack Kerouac; Will Self doesn't like hipsters. Tue, 16 Sep 2014 08:39:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/09/16/348939332/book-news-rankine-gl-ck-on-national-book-awards-longlist-for-poetry https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/09/16/348939332/book-news-rankine-gl-ck-on-national-book-awards-longlist-for-poetry

Also: recently discovered letters by Jack Kerouac; Will Self doesn't like hipsters.

]]> Annalisa Quinn Book News: Microsoft Rumored To Be Interested In Buying Nook Also: rare footage of William Faulkner; drag and Virginia Woolf; and the art of translation. Fri, 10 May 2013 07:29:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/05/10/182762097/book-news-microsoft-rumored-to-be-interested-in-buying-nook https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/05/10/182762097/book-news-microsoft-rumored-to-be-interested-in-buying-nook

Also: rare footage of William Faulkner; drag and Virginia Woolf; and the art of translation.

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]]> Annalisa Quinn Book News: 'New Yorker' Plagiarist's Book Pulled From Shelves Also: The best books coming out this week; <em>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, </em>the movie; and cakes that look like classic works of literature. Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:59:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/03/04/173392458/book-news-new-yorker-plagiarists-book-pulled-from-shelves https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/03/04/173392458/book-news-new-yorker-plagiarists-book-pulled-from-shelves

Also: The best books coming out this week; Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the movie; and cakes that look like classic works of literature.

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]]> Annalisa Quinn 'America By Car': A Case For Drive-By Shooting Now 76 years old, Lee Friedlander might be slowing down. But his latest series suggests the opposite; <em>America By Car</em> is about freedom and velocity. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:12:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2010/09/02/129601810/ https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2010/09/02/129601810/ Now 76 years old, Lee Friedlander might be slowing down. But his latest series suggests the opposite; America By Car is about freedom and velocity.

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