Joyce Johnson, an author who dated Jack Kerouac in the 1950s, speaks with PEOPLE about the new documentary 'Kerouac's Road: ...

Unlike today's tastemakers, the beat generation didn't seem overly concerned with a unified aestheitc. In fact, Hamilton reported that many of them were"not particularly attractive," anyway.

She had Parkinson's disease and the autoimmune disorder Sjogren's syndrome. She was 86. She was one of the few women writers from the Beat Generation, a '50s/'60s counter-culture literary movement.

Date 2003 C2003 20th century Type Books Physical description 3 v. : ill. ; 29 cm Data Source Smithsonian Libraries Topic American literature--History and criticism Beat generation ...

He tried to build interest for “Beat Generation” in the theatre world, contacting such people as Lillian Hellman and Marlon Brando, but he failed and set the manuscript aside. Kerouac died in ...