you know, I think had trouble fitting into the academy and the publishing world in the beginning had to do with the fact that they didn't quite know where to put him. He was, like I mentioned, an incredibly disciplined, accomplished writer who could write in any genre, yet who, at the same time, decided to try and defy the rules and play with the rules
from Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: Kerouac's "On the Road" 50th Anniversary Celebrated
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