[massatoosits]

No. The fact is that he was embraced by a socio-political group think crowd that sought to bring a change to the current culture by proclaiming some to be worthy while others are not. The old rules of defining both good writing and good poetry were tossed out for the sake of elevating some over others. This is my complaint. I might even say the same about the “many musicians and other writers” as well. This is still a free country where we can have our differences, I think...

[sushiman]

On the Road was one of the first books I fell in love with when I started reading seriously as a teenager in the 70’s. Kerouac became one of my favourite writers and he helped to give me a love of literature ( BTW I’ve read everything he wrote ). I can’t think of any other writer who has inspired me with such a feeling of optimism and the desire to go and live life to the full. He is the only writer I can think of who does this. It’s depressing that I can’t think of any other good writer who is able to inspire this feeling.