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The Dharma Bums

Posted by Jason Hussong on Monday, December 5, 2011,
I had been itching to follow up On the Road for a while, not sure I really gave Jack Kerouac a fair shot with just one book. I mean, I liked On the Road alright all in all, but it didn’t quite live up to my expectations. There were a few things with the story, not so much the writing style, which bothered me. But I knew that couldn’t be all someone of Jack Kerouac’s reputation had to offer, so I gave him a second shot with The Dharma Bums.


The Dharma Bums is most specifically about aut...

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On the Road

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, September 15, 2009,
Jack Kerouac's On the Road is travel writing as it should be. It is a vivid description of interesting personalities partaking in bizarre adventures that cause them to criss cross the United States for no other reason than to be somewhere else, to experience life in a different place. And that, in my opinion, is exactly why traveling should be done.

Early on in my reading the idea crossed my mind that this is quite a simply written story and one that anyone could really do. But, then I r...

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