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Place shaped the artists, but artists also helped shape the place in mid-20th-century Big Sur.
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Place shaped the artists, but artists also helped shape the place in mid-20th-century Big Sur.

  • Wendy Van Wyck Good
  • Aug 28, 2025

“Not a place at all, but a state of mind.”…

Jack Kerouac’s Big Sur retreat is celebrated in a centennial event at Henry Miller Memorial Library.
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Jack Kerouac’s Big Sur retreat is celebrated in a centennial event at Henry Miller Memorial Library.

  • Paul Wilner
  • Aug 25, 2022

It’s been 100 years since Jack Kerouac was born. Commemorative events are being held across the nation, including his home town of Lowell, Mas…

Eight things you didn’t know about the Beat Generation.
Arts & Culture

Eight things you didn’t know about the Beat Generation.

  • Brady Barrow
  • Jun 15, 2015

When many people think of The Beat Generation,  they think of the same four things: Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” Neal …

Jerry Cimino, founder of the Beat Museum, on Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, et al.
Arts & Culture

Jerry Cimino, founder of the Beat Museum, on Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, et al.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Jun 11, 2015

Last November, a letter from Neal Cassady to Jack Kerouac—a letter of 16,000 words across 18 single-spaced pages, a letter that was said to ha…

Jerry Cimino carries a torch for the Beat Generation to Henry Miller Library.
Arts & Culture

Jerry Cimino carries a torch for the Beat Generation to Henry Miller Library.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Jun 11, 2015

The Henry Miller Library knows how to commit to recurring arts programs. (See above.) Although they’re folding up their Big Sur Sound and Stor…

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