Jack KerouacReadings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation

Kerouac's voice alone, half-singing, half-confessing, his prose moving with the cadence of a jazz solo. 'San Francisco Scene' rolls out the road-and-rail imagery in one breathless rush, 'History of Bop' traces the music that shaped his rhythm, and 'The Subterraneans' reads like a smoky midnight monologue. The Beat heartbeat captured straight from the source.