Every October, I think of Jack Kerouac’s short story, “October in the Railroad Earth.” Jack recorded it for his album with Steve Allen, Poetry For The Beat Generation; take a listen below.
Want to download the track? It’s available here.
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J Haeske says
That has always been one of my favorite Kerouac pieces. And my absolute fave photo of him. Thanks for posting this (although I stumbled upon this quite late)!