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The great American road trip, fueled by — and undercut by — the automobile that created it

The road trip holds a special place in Americans' hearts

The Independent UK · Sep 14

The apple pie (alongside mom, of course) became the symbolic food of a nation

Flaky, golden crust

The Independent UK · Sep 8

A 120-foot burst of genius: Jack Kerouac’s 'On the Road' scroll and its wild afterlife

In the spring of 1951, Jack Kerouac's muse struck hard, leading him to create a full-length manuscript for “On the Road” in just three weeks

The Independent UK · Sep 2

Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent protecting First Amendment access to ideas

When a junior at an Orange County public high school in Florida visited the school library to check out a copy of “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac, it wasn’t in its Dewey decimal system-assigned location.

The Conversation · Sep 17, 2025

Cool new proggy sounds from Jakko Jakszyk, We Lost The Sea, Raphael Weinroth-Browne and more in Prog's new Tracks Of The Week!

Great new music you need to hear from Gwenno, Wytch Hazel, Rocking Horse Music Club, Schrodinger and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week...

Louder · Jun 6, 2025

Zach Bryan buys church in memory of literary icon after massive $350 million deal

The country music star recently sold his publishing catalog and signed a new deal with Warner Records

The Independent UK · May 8, 2025

The sad decline of Gore Vidal, America’s most acerbic writer and fearsome feuder

THE READING LIST: As the world approaches the centenary of the celebrated novelist, television pundit and all-around man of letters, Martin Chilton recalls his greatest work, most withering putdowns, and chronicles a career that devolved into ‘crackpot’ conspiracy theories, illness and, perhaps most depressing of all, boredom

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025

‘His soulful best’: Jack Kerouac’s Buddhist writings to be published for the first time

Fifty years after his death, On the Road author’s spiritual reflections show him in a whole new light

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025

“Sometimes the ‘you’ in my songs is me talking to me. Other times I can be talking to somebody else. It’s up to you to figure out who’s who”: The epic story of Bob Dylan’s holy trinity of mystical, magical mid-60s albums

How Bob Dylan changed the course of music forever with Bringing It Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde On Blonde

Louder · Dec 14, 2024

30 iconic bars of New York City immortalized in new photography book

Photography powerhouses James and Karla Murray continue to document New York, this time celebrating 30 iconic watering holes

Digital Camera World · Sep 22, 2024