About Eric V. Patterson

Eric Patterson graduated in 2002 from Saginaw Valley State University where he earned a bachelor's degree in English. Eric's major focus has been on the cultural and literary impact the writer's of the Beat Generation had on America. As a new graduate, he presented his paper entitled Rebirth of the Author in Jack Kerouac's On the Road at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Eric is currently planning a return to the classroom to pursue a Master's Degree in American Studies. Until then, he continues to read and write about the Beats and those they have influenced.

The Rebirth of the Author in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road

Eric V. Patterson

"Time stops. He's filling empty space with the substance of our lives, confessions of his bellybottom strain, remembrance of ideas, rehashes of old blowing. He has to blow across bridges and come back and do it with such infinite feeling … [Read more...]

Blowing: Poetry Meets Music in the Writing of the Beat Generation

Eric V. Patterson

PROCEDURE: Time being of the essence in the purity of speech, sketching language is undisturbed flow from the mind of personal secret idea-words, blowing (as per jazz musician) on subject of image. --Jack Kerouac (1953), quoted from The Essentials of … [Read more...]

Juxtaposition of Wor[l]ds: The Cultural and Literary Legacy of the Beat Generation

Eric V. Patterson

“What’s your road, man?–holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It’s an anywhere road for anybody anyhow.” –Jack Kerouac (1957), quoted from On the Road “Despite the skepticism I brought here, I am suddenly experiencing their … [Read more...]

About Eric V. Patterson

The Rebirth of the Author in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road

Blowing: Poetry Meets Music in the Writing of the Beat Generation

Juxtaposition of Wor[l]ds: The Cultural and Literary Legacy of the Beat Generation

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