Jack Kerouac’s Final Years

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

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…

Ernest Hemingway’s Accident Prone Journey

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

All Modern Literature comes from Huckleberry Finn

Jack Kerouac’s Rules for Writing

In the winter of 1948, Jack Kerouac went on his famous cross-country road trip with Neal Cassady. They…

Carving the Life of a Writer

I’m a Woodcut Artist. Just before Covid, I was commissioned to create a t-shirt design for a North Hollywood…

Aram Saroyan’s Writing Life

Aram Saroyan is a renowned poet, novelist, playwright and biographer. His father was legendary author William…

Edgar Allan Poe’s Mysterious Life

Edgar Allan Poe was master of the macabre. His gothic stories dealt with death, decomposition…