All This Is That

by Jack Brummet Here is one sentence from madman Neal Cassady's autobiography, The First Third. NC was the star of Kerouac's...

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing. You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by ...

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The Joan Anderson Letter "In December 1950, Jack Kerouac received the so-called 'Joan Anderson letter' from Neal Cassady. Ke...

Seeing a sign that said, “Beware of the Bear,” Ken Kesey said “it used to mean, ‘be aware of the bear’ and now it means ‘be afraid of t...

By Jack Brummet, American Lit. Ed. "You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that ...

By Jack Brummet, American Poetry Editor This poem was printed in a 1971 Whole Earth Catalog, in a section edited by Ken Kesey.  It was a...

We are really looking forward to the documentary " Magic Trip - Ken Kesey's search for a kool place,"  by Alex Gibney and Ali...

click to enlarge - Neal Cassady left, Jack Kerouac, Right Kim Spurlock transcribed this Neal Cassady rap (probably from an acid test, since...

Cover of the last supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog - click to enlarge Ken Kesey contributed this poem (among his other curious contribu...

In this video, the Dead perform their great song Fire On The Mountain, interspersed with clips of the Merry Prankster George Walker plantin...

Ken Kesey and Jerry Garcia discuss LSD and creativity with the late, great Tom Snyder (includes some other video clips of Kesey)... ---o0o---

Jack Kerouac's On The Road was published nearly fifty years ago (on September 5). It is still taught in college, and it has spoken to s...