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| − | '''Jack Kerouac''' came to Columbia on a [[football]] scholarship, but went literary after a broken leg his first year [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/nyregion/thecity/15kero.html?ref=thecity]. He also moved from [[ | + | '''Jack Kerouac''' came to Columbia on a [[football]] scholarship, but went literary after a broken leg his first year [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/nyregion/thecity/15kero.html?ref=thecity]. He also moved from [[Hartley]] to [[Wallach Hall]] (then Livingston), which he much preferred, due to its superior view of [[Butler]] and its comparative lack of cockroaches. In his autobiography ''Vanity of Duluoz'' he expressed his satisfaction with the move from Hartley: <ref>Kerouac, Jack, ''[[Vanity of Duluoz]]'', p.66</ref> |
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| + | {{cquote|One great move I made was to switch my dormitory room from Hartley Hall to Livingston Hall where there were no cockroaches and where b'God I had a room all to myself, on the second floor, overlooking the beautiful trees and walkways of the campus and overlooking, to my greatest delight, besides the Van Am Quadrangle, the [[Butler Library|library itself, the new one]], with its stone frieze running around entire with the names engraved in stone forever: "[[Goethe]] ... [[Voltaire]] ... [[Shakespeare]] ... [[Molière]] ... [[Dante]]." That was more like it. Lighting my fragrant pipe at 8 P.M., I'd open the pages of my homework, turn on station [[WQXR]] for the continual classical music, and sit there, in the golden glow of my lamp, in a sweater, sight and say, "Well, now I'm a real collegian at last."}} While at Columbia, Kerouac also had a weird relationship with [[Allen Ginsberg]]. | ||
He's now known as the [[Beat Generation]] author who wrote ''On the Road''. | He's now known as the [[Beat Generation]] author who wrote ''On the Road''. | ||
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[[Category:Columbia College alumni|Kerouac, Jack]] | [[Category:Columbia College alumni|Kerouac, Jack]] | ||
[[Category:Drop outs|Kerouac, Jack]] | [[Category:Drop outs|Kerouac, Jack]] | ||
[[Category:Football players|Kerouac]] | [[Category:Football players|Kerouac]] | ||
Revision as of 13:05, 15 July 2007
- See also Wikipedia's article about "Jack Kerouac".
Jack Kerouac came to Columbia on a football scholarship, but went literary after a broken leg his first year [1]. He also moved from Hartley to Wallach Hall (then Livingston), which he much preferred, due to its superior view of Butler and its comparative lack of cockroaches. In his autobiography Vanity of Duluoz he expressed his satisfaction with the move from Hartley: [1]
Template:Cquote While at Columbia, Kerouac also had a weird relationship with Allen Ginsberg.
He's now known as the Beat Generation author who wrote On the Road.
- ↑ Kerouac, Jack, Vanity of Duluoz, p.66
