Because I'm ethereally bound to report on all things Kerouac, I must report that the house in which he penned most of On the Road is on the block, and it can be yours for a tidy sum of 7 million. The original manuscript, written on a 120-foot scroll, is currently at the beginning of a four year tour of the United States. If you can't afford the house but want to see this important literary document, here are the dates:
Kerouac Manuscript Tour
2004
Orange County History Center, Orlando, FL, Jan. 10 – March 21
Naropa University, Boulder, CO, May 10 – June 25
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, Sept. 15 – Nov. 30
2005
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, Jan. 19 – March 31
Las Vegas Public Library, Las Vegas, NV, March 24 – May 15
Natl. Museum of American History, Washington D.C., June – August
University of Texas Austin, TX, Sept. 1 – Nov. 30
2006
San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 14 – March 19
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, Indianapolis, IN, May 1 – July 31
Columbia College, Chicago, IL, TBD
2007
Denver Public Library, Denver, CO, TBD
Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, NM, TBD
New York Public Library, New York City, Sept. 1 – Dec. 31
By the way, the same NYT article notes that a certain pop diva has purchased a Midtown New York building in order to build a Kabbalah-inspired grammar school. I wonder, is Kabbalah-inspired grammar different than the Harbrace variety?
{Link from Maud}
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