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Alumni Update: Deirdre Coyle, Summer 2019

From time to time, different Kerouac House alumni will write in and tell us what they’ve been up to, or how their residency helped prepare them for the writing life. This month, we hear from Summer 2019 resident, Deirdre Coyle. Deirdre Coyle’s Summer at the Kerouac House I lived at the Kerouac House during the…

Alumni Update: Rachel Kolman, Summer 2022

From time to time, different Kerouac House alumni will write in and tell us what they’ve been up to, or how their residency helped prepare them for the writing life. This month, we hear from Summer 2022 resident, Rachel Kolman. On the Road to Jack’s House By Rachel Kolman How persistently loud the bugs are,…

Alumni Update: David W. Berner, Summer 2011

The Ghost of Jack From time to time, different Kerouac House alumni will write in and tell us what they’ve been up to, or how their residency helped prepare them for the writing life. This month, we hear from Summer 2011 resident, David W. Berner. I recently had a dream about Albert Camus. He was…

Alumni Update: Chelsey Clammer, Fall 2019

Home Is Where The Writing Is From time to time, different Kerouac House alumni will write in and tell us what they’ve been up to, or how their residency helped prepare them for the writing life. This month, we hear from Fall 2019 resident, Chelsey Clammer. Writing has become my home. The blank page being…

Alumni Update: Darlyn Finch Kuhn, Winter 2006-07

From time to time, different Kerouac House alumni will write in and tell us what they’ve been up to, or how their residency helped prepare them for the writing life. This month, we hear from Winter 2006-07 resident, Darlyn Finch Kuhn. My experience was unique because I was already living and working in Orlando, where…

Alumni Update: Laura Lee Bahr, Spring 2018

From time to time, different Kerouac House alumni will write in and tell us what they’ve been up to, or how their residency helped prepare them for the writing life. This month, we hear from Spring 2018 resident, Laura Lee Bahr. Hands in the stream: Bits of the scroll from my time at the Kerouac…