William Burroughs is known for three things. He was a junkie, he wrote Naked Lunch and…
With so many people offering writing advice at Medium, I thought I’d take a crack at it.
In the summer of 1956, 34-year old Jack Kerouac was a struggling writer. His soon to be…
The authors and poets of the 1950s post-war Beat Generation viewed themselves as beaten…
In the winter of 1948, Jack Kerouac went on his famous cross-country road trip with Neal Cassady. They…