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Slate.com Remembers Kerouac
Note this current photo feature on slate.com about “Jack Kerouac and the Beats.” See the 21 images here.
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Review of Kerouac’s ‘The Sea Is My Brother’
Sarah Vogelsong of Richmond, Virginia, and the Washington Independent Review of Books, an online publication, reviewed the new novel by Jack Kerouac, “The Sea Is My Brother,” published in England and the United States. Kerouac wrote the book in 1942-43, when he was 20 years old, much of it originally composed by hand…
Read More »Here’s the New Movie Trailer for ‘On the Road’
The “On the Road” movie trailer was released today. See it here.
Read More »Eagle and the Moon
An incredible photo taken Thursday night by Tony Sampas
Read More »New content on Howl in Lowell
The city’s newest source of information, Howl in Lowell, has added a big chunk of new content to its site. There’s a great story and video about “Live from Studio A”, a new program on LTC. It is hosted by Jerry Bisantz and each episode features a playwright from around…
Read More »Uncle Dave Does the Kerouac Thing
In his opinion column today, NYTimes writer David Brooks muses about his lifelong affection for the New York Mets baseball team. As he usually does, Brooks expands from particular to universal and winds up making an observation about what makes people truly happy. In his analysis he uses two American…
Read More »SUN Shines for Kerouac’s 90th Birthday
Nancye Tuttle of the Sun has the story on the Lowell celebration for what would be Jack Kerouac’s 90th birthday this coming Monday, March 12.
Read More »Kerouac in Boston Magazine—A Good Word
Boston Magazine salutes Jack Kerouac of Lowell for all his writerly accomplishments.
Read More »Presidential Primary Results
It may come as news to many, but there was an election held here in Massachusetts two days ago. It was the Presidential Primary but similar races in other states grabbed what spotlight there was. By my count, just under 4000 people made it to the polls in Lowell which,…
Read More »Skippy Roberge, Lowell Major-Leaguer
Here’s the Wikipedia entry on Joseph Albert “Skippy” Roberge of Lowell, who played several years for the Boston Braves. He also played for several minor league clubs, including Toronto (see below). Here’s an extended description of his life and sports career from Baseball in Wartime on the web.
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