Kerouac bobs to the beat "... and nobody, nobody knows what’s going to happen to anybody besides the forlorn rags of growing old, I think of Dean Moriarty, I even think of Old Dean Moriarty the father we never found, I think of Dean Mori arty ." [from the last sentence of On The Road].

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Homepage DHARMA beat looks at Jack Kerouac's life and writings. We hope that you enjoy perusing through the pages. Visit our Links Page to see Kerouac, beat, and other links. Enjoy! Kerouac events: The Kerouac Calendar is no longer being updated. Lowell, MA (Kerouac's hometown) has two major Kerouac events, in March and October. I have enjoyed many of the Kerouac events I had been to in the past, and I hope that you have too. email: kerouaczin@aol.com Kerouac and Beat News: Joan Anderson Letter Found On March 8, 2017, the Joan Anderson Letter was (finally) sold at auction at Heritage Auctions. Neal Cassady's THE JOAN ANDERSON LETTER to Jack Kerouac sold for $206,250; also Kerouac's original typescript for The Dharma Bumssold for $137,500. The Joan Anderson Letter was originally auctioned off by Christie's Auction House in New York on June 16th, 2016. The Joan Anderson letter failed to receive the minimum bid of $400,000. (The bidding ended at $380,000). CASSADY, Neal (1926-1968). Typed letter with ending completed in autograph and with autograph additions, corrections, and deletions in pencil and pen, known as the “Joan Anderson Letter,” to JACK KEROUAC (1922-1969), Denver, 17 December 1950. 18 pages, comprising nearly 16,000 words, some pale browning and minor marginal chipping; see below for accompanying typed leaf by Cassady and envelope. The Joan Anderson Letter has a very interesting history. Neal Cassady's 16,000 word Joan Anderson letter, written to Kerouac in 1950 and supposedly lost overboard from a houseboat a couple of years later, the letter that inspired Kerouac to a new writing style that became On The Road, has resurfaced. It seems that it had not been lost but was actually sent to a publisher to be considered for publication. It was supposed to be auctioned off in December 2014 but the auction was halted. Both the Neal Cassady estate and Jack Kerouac Estate are fighting over ownership, along with the current owner, Jean Spinosa. Finding the complete letter creates more questions than it answers. Why didn't Ginsberg remember that he had sent the letter to a publisher? Is it a manuscript? There are lots of news articles about this letter. Check it out. Read an excerpt in Time magazine. ___________________ On The Road, the movie, premiered May 23, 2012 at the Cannes Film Festival and released in the US in 2013. Starring Sam Riley as Sal Paradise, Garrett Hedlund as Dean Moriarty, Kristen Stewart as Marylou, and Kristen Dunst as Camille. The movie was directed by Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries), screenplay by Jose Rivera. Clink on this link for DHARMA beat's On The Road Movie Page for more info and a review. Big Sur - Released in 2013 Michael Polish, the director of Twin Falls Idaho, Northfork and The Astronaut Farmer, directed Big Sur, a film based on the Kerouac novel that tells the story of his emotional troubles after gaining fame and fortune. It stars Jean-Marc Barr as Kerouac, Josh Lucas as Neal Cassady and Kate Bosworth as their female companion Billie. Big Sur will also feature's Anthony Edwards, Rahda Mitchell, Balthazar Getty and Henry Thomas.