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Loren Kantor in WritingAndTyping

Feb 21

Why Did William Burroughs Shoot His Wife?

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

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Loren Kantor in WritingAndTyping

Jan 13

Jack Kerouac School of Poetry

On June 13, 1975, Tibetan Buddhist meditation teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche visited Naropa University in…

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Loren Kantor in WritingAndTyping

Jan 2

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…

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Loren Kantor in WritingAndTyping

Oct 23, 2023

Writing Lessons From the Beat Generation

The authors and poets of the 1950s post-war Beat Generation viewed themselves as beaten…

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Loren Kantor in WritingAndTyping

Oct 6, 2022

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…

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Loren Kantor in WritingAndTyping

Jul 11, 2022

Jack Kerouac’s Final Years

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

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Loren Kantor in WritingAndTyping

Dec 2, 2020

Jack Kerouac’s Literary Road Trip

Jean-Louis “Jack” Kerouac was a novelist and poet who became the face of the Beat Generation. Born…