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Playlist: Jack Kerouac

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October 21st will mark the 40th anniversary of the passing of great American writer Jack Kerouac.

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Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye To Kerouac (EDITED language version w/ ID break)

From Sue Zizza | 00:58:56

Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac written by Patrick Fenton, is directed by award winning audio dramatist Sue Zizza, and takes place at the end of summer 1964.

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Jazz and Jack Kerouac

From WFIU | Part of the Night Lights Classic Jazz series | 01:00:26

This one-hour program focuses on Jack Kerouac and his relationship to jazz.

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Finding My Kerouac: On the Road at Mid-Life

From David Berner | 00:57:01

This documentary is about two men who, at mid-life, re-read Kerouac's book and get behind the wheel for a 4000 mile road trip of reflection and discovery.

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The Beat Goes On - part 1

From 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station | Part of the The Beat Goes On - "On the Road" at 50 series | 00:07:45

In this five-part series Charles Sennott of The Boston Globe retraces the path of "On the Road's" Sal Paradise across America. All five pieces in the series located here.

Jan On Jack

From Marjorie Van Halteren | 00:06:34

This piece brings together a poem the late Jan Kerouac recorded late one night at WNYC in the mid-1980's - it's a response to the poem read by Jack from the WNYC archives recorded in 1959.


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Jack Kerouac: Writing Lesson

From Susan Barrett Price | 00:03:40

Kerouac's 30 points for spontaneous writing have a Zen quality worth meditating on.

Mixing Jazz and Poetry with David Amram

From New Hampshire Public Radio | 00:04:46

David Amram talks about mixing jazz and poetry with Jack Kerouac and other Beat poets.


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