Jack Kerouac is best known for his novel “On the Road,” a work of fiction heavily influenced by his real life road trips and adventures. Kerouac wasn’t just a talented writer, but a talented ...

Sex, drugs, jazz, road trips, and rambling prose—this is Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. The acclaimed novel, originally written on a continuous roll of paper in a three-week period, has become a ...

What if Jack Kerouac had lived beyond his 47th birthday -- way beyond? ... Jack Kerouac is back and on the road once again in new novel: Minister of Culture. Updated: Oct. 01, ...

To make “On the Road,” director Walter Salles and star Garrett Hedlund had to go on the road. Based on the classic novel by Jack Kerouac that inspired generations of young people to leave ...

Jack Kerouac's "On The Road" gets the full 50th anniversary treatment next month, and both cheerleaders and hand-wringers acknowledge that it radically changed American culture—somehow or other.

Fifty years ago, Jack Kerouac's iconic "On the Road" was published. The NewsHour takes a look at the novel's legacy and reports on some events being held to commemorate the anniversary of its ...

Walter Salles wasn’t about to direct the long-awaited film version of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road without making the trip himself. To see and feel America, feel its pulse, to understand the ...

A doc about Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road,' directed by Ebs Burnough & featuring Michael Imperioli premieres at Tribeca. Watch an exclusive clip.