Jack Kerouac’s Final Years

In 1967, poets Aram Saroyan and Ted Berrigan traveled to St. Petersburg, Florida for The Paris Review to…

The Haunting Journey of William Peter Blatty

When William Peter Blatty was a high school student at Brooklyn Prep, one of his…

Charles Bukowski’s Favorite Los Angeles Locations

The New Yorker Article That Made Tony Bourdain Famous

Why Did William Burroughs Shoot His Wife?

William Burroughs is known for three things. He was a junkie, he wrote Naked Lunch and…

Hunter Thompson’s Gonzo Writing Journey

Hunter S. Thompson was born in 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was named after a relative…

Why Do People Hate On the Road?

I’ve come across a slew of Medium writers who despise Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road. Kerouac does not…

Jack Kerouac’s Days as a Fire Lookout

In the summer of 1956, 34-year old Jack Kerouac was a struggling writer. His soon to be…

Ernest Hemingway’s Accident Prone Journey

In 1954, Ernest Hemingway took his fourth wife Mary Welsh to Africa. He chartered a…

Virginia Woolf’s Difficult Life

Virginia Woolf was born into a life of high society and privilege. Her father, Sir Leslie Stephen…