Jack Kerouac's ex-girlfriend, the author Joyce Johnson, tells PEOPLE that the intense public reaction to Kerouac's 1957 novel On the Road made him feel he "was under a tremendous attack all the time" ...

Filmmaker Ebs Burnough's new documentary 'Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation' is in theaters now Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel On the Road is widely regarded as a 20th century American classic, but the ...

'The road' is a long-travelled concept. While it has belonged to many for centuries, perhaps the father of road tales is the often-referred-to "king of the beats", Jack Kerouac. He revolutionized what ...

As a rule of thumb, it seems that a travel narrative has really “made it” to classics status when it’s successfully pollinated our daily lives. We refer to our most meaningful homecomings using the ...

The 120-foot long scroll on which Jack Kerouac hammered out the 1957 Beat classic On the Road is coming to auction.

Explores Kerouac's "On the Road" through today's lens, as celebrities and travelers reflect on authentic experiences in our digital age, echoing the novel's timeless search for genuine connection.

The draft of one of the Beat Generation’s most defining works is heading to auction next month at Christie’s, where it is expected to sell for between $2.5 million and $4 million. Jack Kerouac’s On ...