A memorial for Kerouac
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Title
A memorial for Kerouac
Description
Article part 2 of 2 on the recent Lowell, Massachusetts, city council vote to commemorate author Jack Kerouac with a park bearing his name. Full article title includes the line: "After years of indifference, Lowell votes to build a park." Charts Kerouac's sudden rise to fame with the publication of his novel, "On the Road." His ensuing lifestyle in the public eye, his behaviors scrutinized by many in Lowell. Kerouac's life and works as an affront to the popular values of his working-class hometown, and his apparent abandonment by fellow Lowellians. The recent apparent change in attitude toward Kerouac, though with some evidence of familiar resistance.
Creator
Muro, Mark
Date
1987 February 3
Language
English
Type
Newspaper Article
Identifier
Coverage
1987, Lowell, Massachusetts
Contribution Form
Zotero
ISSN
0743-1791
Edition
Tuesday
Pages
53, 54
Place
Boston, Massachusetts
Publication Title
Boston Daily Globe
Section
Living