Journal of Beat Studies Volume 10

The Journal of Beat Studies is devoted exclusively to the scholarly criticism of Beat Generation writing and writers. Its mandate is to provide readers with intelligent and penetrating criticism across the range of Beat writing, including fiction, poetry, drama, autobiography, life writing, travel writing, and screenplay writing. The ultimate goal of the journal is to advance the quality of Beat Studies scholarship through the application of diverse critical perspectives that address Beat production as both complex art and cultural critique. This special volume 10 of Beat Studies honors the work of Jack Kerouac at the centenary of his birth. On the Road and Kerouac’s other novels are revered by a generation of readers around the world as an “American literary odyssey.” In this issue, pieces written by close friends of Kerouac and those who wished to honor the progress his work set forth, reflect on his work, life, and impact made on the Beat generation and those after.