![]() I paused, thought about that for a second, and then I lied. Times are hard, and right before I left their upper-floor midtown Manhattan office, after I’d shaken their hands and told them all thank you, that they’d all made a great decision and how I couldn’t wait to start, one of them asked me if there was anything at all that would prevent me from doing this assignment for them. A love letter to Kerouac.” Now I could start this off by crafting a predictable segue into a nauseating tribute to Kerouac, offering some soulful reason for writing this book, or rambling about how I’m on a mission of self-discovery. Putting my own personal feelings aside on Kerouac and the Beats, I enthusiastically agreed to this assignment to “Retrace Kerouac’s footsteps and paint a contemporary portrait of America. ![]() ![]() “I feel there is a universal sense amongst our generation that everything has been said and done. “If you are going through hell, keep going.”Ī Portrait of the Writer as a Young Artist ![]()
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