Tuesday, July 25, 2006

News at Eleven: The myth that Kerouac

simply sat down and exhaled the book in three weeks is misleading, says [John] Sampas.

Beginning in the 1940s, Kerouac kept copious notes of his travels with Cassidy, and the process of writing the book began five years before he sat down for the 21-day burst.

from The Lowell Sun: 'On the Road' again--this time unedited

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