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From time to time, different Kerouac House alumni will write in and share some of their work with us. This month, we hear from Spring 2018 writer-in-residence, Laura Lee Bahr. Remembering writers you haven’t read and And why Beat generation women still rock “‘There were women,…
NEAR MISS AT THE KEROUAC HOUSE On Sunday, June 27, 2021, a huge oak tree limb (girth 125 inches) fell and slightly damaged the roof of the Kerouac House front porch. Thankfully, our current writer-in-residence Tanya Grae wasn’t home at the time, and no one was injured. (Check out the video clip below.) The incident…
*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* News from the Kerouac Project Thank you from our president! Thanks to all of you who reached out to us about the large oak tree limb that fell at the front of the Kerouac House, and a big shout out to all of those who contributed to the…
We are delighted to share the names of the four writers awarded a residency at the Kerouac House during 2021–22. The alternates for each residency appear in italics. The Kerouac Project of Orlando, Inc. wants to congratulate the chosen residents and their alternates and extend our thanks to those who applied this year to become a writer-in-residence…
After a year without them, it was great to welcome back in-person events at the Kerouac House on Saturday night (February 13) when winter writer-in-residence Gwen Mullin gave her farewell reading. We loved being together and were happy everyone was able to participate safely, with masks and social distancing. Keep an eye on our Facebook…
“Ray, what you got to do is go climb a mountain…“ ―Jack Kerouac, Dharma Bums On behalf of the Kerouac Project of Orlando, Inc. Board of Directors, I would like to wish you a happy and safe New Year. It’s great to have 2020 behind us. What a year of surprises/turmoil/course corrections it has been.…
The following article was written by Janna Benge, president of the Kerouac Project of Orlando. Here at the Kerouac Project of Orlando, we take pride in following and celebrating the successes of our past writers-in-residence. To that end, let me introduce to you Lily Brooks-Dalton, our winter 2016–2017 resident. Lily spent three months living and…
