We all agree it's too big to keep up with, that we're surrounded by life, that we'll never understand it, so we enter it all in by swigging Scotch from the bottle and when it's empty I run out of the car and buy another one, period. (pg. 65)

The book was largely autobiographical and describes Kerouac's road-trip adventures across the United States and Mexico with Neal Cassady in the late-40s as well as his relationships with other Beat writers and friends. S. The school offers a BA in Writing and Literature MFAs in Writing & Poetics and Creative Writing and a summer writing program.

Jean-Louis "Jack" Kérouac (pron. : /ˈkɛruːæk/ or /ˈkɛrɵæk/; March 12 1922 – October 21 1969) was an American novelist and poet.