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camarillobrillo · 3513 days ago · link · · parent · post: 6th Bi- or Tri-Weekly Give Me A Quote From Something You've Been Reading Lately
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camarillobrillo · 3512 days ago · link ·
Does he? It's been awhile. If I can distract you a moment didn't Kerouac take offense to how his book was interpreted? Wasn't he making fun of all the posers? The faux beatniks pretending to give a shit about the counterculture?
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user-inactivated · 3512 days ago · link ·
That's all pretty accurate -- all he ever was was a homeless drunk who liked to make memories and had a gift for writing them down. Parallels to Dylan ... important to remember that by the time On the Road was finally published Kerouac was a very different person. Had a Buddhist phase and was also drinking heavily.