The beat generation (coined in Playboy)

Jack Kerouac
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my karma was to be born in America where nobody has any fun or believes in anything, especially freedom. ✨ Jack Kerouac (1986). The Dharma Bums, p.31, Penguin
Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life. ✨ Jack Kerouac (1991). On the road, Penguin USA
Whenever spring comes to New York I can't stand the suggestion of the land that come blowing over the river from New Jersey and I've got to go. So I went. ✨ Jack Kerouac (2007). On the Road: The Orig … ▶
I took a straight picture that made me look like a thirty-year-old Italian who'd kill anybody who said something against his mother. ✨ Jack Kerouac (1995). The Portable Jack Kerouac, Viking Adult
The bartenders are the regular band of Jack, and the heavenly drummer who looks up to the sky with blue eyes, with a beard, is wailing beer-caps of bottles and jamming on the cash register and everyt … ▶

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