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At Jack Kerouac's Orlando home, emerging writers find inspiration, solace in old neighborhood
Associated Press WriterORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ This city in a region of mouse ears and outlet malls was once home to Jack Kerouac, and it may be incubating a successor. Five decades ago, the Beat Generation author wrote "The Dharma Bums" in 11 days in a small, tin-roofed house...Tags: Homes, New Hampshire, College Park, Tourism and Leisure, Hinduism
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'Early Bright' by Ami Silber
Early Bright
A Novel
Ami Silber
Toby Press: 350 pp., $24.95
KINDA blue is the shelf of jazz lit, where few writers have managed to keep their cool when engaging with the music. Jack Kerouac championed a spontaneous bop prosody, but plotted out or...Tags: Books and Magazines, Literature, Music, Echo Park, Family
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A short road trip with a long story
We accompany Jack Kerouac's famous manuscript on the last leg of its journey to Columbia College Chicago, where it can be seen Friday through Nov. 26. PAGE 2 -
'The Flying Troutmans: A Novel' by Miriam Toews
The Flying Troutmans
A Novel
Miriam Toews
Counterpoint: 278 pp., $24
NOT SINCE Stephen Leacock have our neighbors to the north given us a writer as witty and wise as Miriam Toews.
Stephen who? A hundred years ago, more Americans had heard of...Tags: Mordecai Richler, California, Fiction, Movies, Book
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On the road with 'On the Road'
In his 1957 road-trip classic "On the Road," Jack Kerouac describes hurtling toward Chicago at 110 m.p.h., drag racing the locals, picking up hobos and generally behaving like a member of "a band of desperados escaped from the prisons of the Utah moon."...Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Indianapolis Colts, Metal and Mineral, Book, Football
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Jack Kerouac's legendary 'scroll' comes to Columbia College, typos and all
Chicago Tribune reporterWith the delicate and cautious movements of a surgeon, Jim Canary slowly unspooled thin, yellowed paper from its fiberglass rollers, treating the document in his care as even more valuable than its $2.5 million price tag. The manuscript being prepared...Tags: Robert Mitchum, Nebraska, Religious Texts, Oklahoma
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Go cheap in culturally rich San Francisco
Chicago Tribune reporterSAN FRANCISCO—"There's a little bit of everywhere in San Francisco." So says a wise cabdriver at the end of a perfect weekend in this international city. With a population of 808,850, San Francisco is relatively small but mighty: The entire city is...Tags: Culture, Oceans, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Stratford, Benihana Incorporated
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Jack Kerouac manuscript unspooled for exhibit at Columbia College
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen Jack Kerouac sat down at his typewriter to write what would become his landmark novel, "On the Road," he didn't want to be slowed down by regularly switching sheets of paper. So feeding in a roll of cheap, flimsy tracing paper, Kerouac spent 20 days...Tags: Robert Mitchum, Indianapolis Colts, Football, Colleges and Universities
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My vacation place at Lake Wobegone
Forum Publishing GroupNot so surprisingly, I am enamored with Garrison Keillor and "A Prairie Home Companion," his weekly, Minnesota-based radio program. Specifically, I wait to hear the "News from Lake Wobegone" portion. I discovered the show for the first time a few years...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Diseases, Radio, Movies, Delray Beach
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Paperbacks
Brother, I'm Dying By Edwidge Danticat Vintage, $14.95 The author of "The Dew Breaker" recalls her childhood in explosive Haiti as framed by her beloved uncle's ill-fated attempt to immigrate to the U.S. in 2004. Trespass By Valerie Martin...Tags: Patricia Highsmith, Coco Chanel, Clive James, History, University of Chicago
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BEST BETS
FRIDAY ITALIAN SENSATION Rock singer and guitarist Zucchero kicks off his "All the Best" tour at 8 p.m. at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main St. ADMISSION $65-$95 PHONE 631-288-1500 WEB whbpac.org ISLAND FAIR Founded in 1842...Tags: Long Island, Vehicles, Petroleum Industry, Music, Festive Event
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New in paper at your local bookstore
"Born Standing Up" by Steve Martin (Scribner)
Here's Steve Martin, describing his first appearance on "The Tonight Show": "What happened while I was out there was very similar to an alien abduction: I remember very little of it, though I'm convinced it...Tags: F Scott Fitzgerald, Books and Magazines, David Hockney, Henry James, Brad Pitt
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