https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20 Made with an open mind en-us 2020-02-21 18:00:26 UTC 2025-10-27 16:36:26 UTC hello@padlet.com dominic_dumas https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/450262083 The famous Jack Kerouac was one of the most remembered and honored novelist of the 20th century. He was most known for his altering of literature and introducing the new generation to what we know as the “Beat Generation.”]]> 2020-02-25 17:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/450262083 dominic_dumas https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/450265740 2020-02-25 17:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/450265740 dominic_dumas https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/453114929 Born on March 12, 1922, novelist Jack Karouac was brought into this world. He grew up in a small cottage like home with his parents and siblings, but at the age of 17, Kerouac packed his bags and moved to New York City, where he was immediately awed by the limitless new experiences of big city life in 1939. The following year he dropped out of college to work odd jobs and begin to figure out his purpose. He returned to NYC and befriended an Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs and soon the three of them would become leaders of the Beat Generation of writers.]]> 2020-03-02 17:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/453114929 dominic_dumas https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/453118098 2020-03-02 17:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/453118098 dominic_dumas https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/453123860 The only people he really knew who actually played are least a minor part in the Cold War was Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs only because the two of them wanted to start a new generation of writers together. They were all also known as “Beatniks.” These are literary intellectuals who are known for their spontaneous writings.]]> 2020-03-02 17:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/453123860 dominic_dumas https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/454067304 Kerouac didn’t play a major part in the Cold War, but he was in fact known by many people at the time. He, as well as a couple other Beatniks, wrote and published books based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonists living life against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and drug use.]]> 2020-03-04 01:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/454067304 dominic_dumas https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/454067731 2020-03-04 01:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/454067731 dominic_dumas https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/454072680 2020-03-04 01:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/454072680 dominic_dumas https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/454081129 ~ Lowell, MA
~ NYC, NY
~ Arlington, VA
~ Washington, DC]]> 2020-03-04 02:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/454081129 dominic_dumas https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/454083320 ~ Jack Kerouac typed up his novel On the Road on one continuous roll of paper that was 120 feet long.
~ Kerouac's full name at birth was Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac – at least, according to Kerouac himself
~ Kerouac suggested the title for William Burroughs' novel Naked Lunch.]]> 2020-03-04 02:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/454083320 dominic_dumas https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/454085067 2020-03-04 02:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/454085067 dominic_dumas https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/454086410 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=squzTcfOVdw&feature=share]]> 2020-03-04 02:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dominic_dumas/bdp14wsflv20/wish/454086410