well, hey.....what the hell else is interesting in orlando?
I live in Southern California.....which is what most of Florida is a really low rent, shitty version of. Only people from the eastern seaboard are impressed with Florida.
In a nation that tears down so much of the past, it's amazing that the house still exists. If you are a Kerouac fan you simply MUST have Bob Kealing's excellent bio of Kerouac's Florida years. I couldn't put it down. Thanks to Bob & all who helped preserve Kerouac in Florida. God bless you.
The Kealing book shows the original house with a rear screened-in porch that had a side entrance with two/three steps. Was that porch demolished and the original entrance restored with the stairs Kerouac is seen sitting on at end of the video?
Thank you, Bob Kealing, for producing the finest biography I've read on Kerouac, and I've read most.
Kealing's Kerouac in Florida: Where the Road Ends, is a brilliant portrait of what life was like for Keroauc living in Orlando and later St. Petersburg, as told by neighbors and close friends of Kerouac. From Kealing's tribute to Nin to Ron Lowe's last moments with Keroauc in the emergency room, this book is ultimately a celebration of Kerouac's life.
Couldn't the Kerouac Project have followed the folks who built the replica of Henry D. Thoreau's cabin at Walden? They designed that interior with an eye to keeping as close to what it looked like when Thoreau lived in it.
I'm curious why the Kerouac Project opted to remodel the house to the extent that it erases the seediness of the original? This is as offensive as the two volumes of letters edited by Charters and Windblown World by Brinkley. For all the history preserved in the efforts that have gone into this project, the finished product is more fit for a Betty Crocker ad. That doesn't detract from the pleasure of viewing the living space in which Kerouac and his Memere dwelled.
you totally missed the point. A writter who dreamed of mountian and red brick and roads, and you think the house has relevence? to try and contain somthing like that in four walls?
I don't know if we're missing the point. You are making a point, that is obvious. Your point is well taken. You cannot contain the spirit of this writer or any writer in four walls. We are simply providing a creative space for writers who want to pursue their craft without the possible of impediment of wind, rain, weather and the like.
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arbutus27 11 months ago
How come there are no postings more recent than three years ago?
Strange.
arbutus27 1 year ago
Does anyone know the actual address of this place?
tomelifeisjustonebig 2 years ago
Hi, I'm from Lowell, Mass and am so glad I found out about the house and your project before my trip to Orlando next week. Thanks, Joan
madagascarjoan 4 years ago
well, hey.....what the hell else is interesting in orlando?
I live in Southern California.....which is what most of Florida is a really low rent, shitty version of. Only people from the eastern seaboard are impressed with Florida.
shmouts 4 years ago
In a nation that tears down so much of the past, it's amazing that the house still exists. If you are a Kerouac fan you simply MUST have Bob Kealing's excellent bio of Kerouac's Florida years. I couldn't put it down. Thanks to Bob & all who helped preserve Kerouac in Florida. God bless you.
beammeuplord 4 years ago
The Kealing book shows the original house with a rear screened-in porch that had a side entrance with two/three steps. Was that porch demolished and the original entrance restored with the stairs Kerouac is seen sitting on at end of the video?
holden1787 5 years ago
Thanks for your kind words about the book. The steps you're asking about are
actually on the back of the house, but they were the entrance to Kerouac's
back porch apartment. We're very indebted to all of the artisans who made
the Kerouac House what it is. You might consider parts of it "Betty
Crocker," but had you seen it in the sad state of disrepair in which I found
it in 1996, you might well describe the work they did as miraculous.
Bob
KerouacOrlando 5 years ago
Thank you, Bob Kealing, for producing the finest biography I've read on Kerouac, and I've read most.
Kealing's Kerouac in Florida: Where the Road Ends, is a brilliant portrait of what life was like for Keroauc living in Orlando and later St. Petersburg, as told by neighbors and close friends of Kerouac. From Kealing's tribute to Nin to Ron Lowe's last moments with Keroauc in the emergency room, this book is ultimately a celebration of Kerouac's life.
holden1787 5 years ago
Couldn't the Kerouac Project have followed the folks who built the replica of Henry D. Thoreau's cabin at Walden? They designed that interior with an eye to keeping as close to what it looked like when Thoreau lived in it.
holden1787 5 years ago
I'm curious why the Kerouac Project opted to remodel the house to the extent that it erases the seediness of the original? This is as offensive as the two volumes of letters edited by Charters and Windblown World by Brinkley. For all the history preserved in the efforts that have gone into this project, the finished product is more fit for a Betty Crocker ad. That doesn't detract from the pleasure of viewing the living space in which Kerouac and his Memere dwelled.
holden1787 5 years ago
very true. "thanks you"
traciragen 5 years ago
you totally missed the point. A writter who dreamed of mountian and red brick and roads, and you think the house has relevence? to try and contain somthing like that in four walls?
traciragen 5 years ago
I don't know if we're missing the point. You are making a point, that is obvious. Your point is well taken. You cannot contain the spirit of this writer or any writer in four walls. We are simply providing a creative space for writers who want to pursue their craft without the possible of impediment of wind, rain, weather and the like.
KerouacOrlando 5 years ago