That period became the inspiration for Kerouac’s 1958 novel “The Dharma Bums.” As an indication of how things have changed since then, Snyder rented his shack for $25 a month.

He landed a teaching job and, while browsing at the Asiatic Society Library one day, he started reading the 1934 book “Nanda Devi” by mountaineer Eric Shipton, who traversed the summits that ...

Coho salmon, here in full vivid spawning colors, are one of many species of wild Pacific salmon in danger of extinction. Jessica Newley At about 7 in the evening on May 23, 2013, a truck hauling ...

Kerouac said in his book “The Dharma Bums,” “I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page, and I could do anything I wanted.” Sometimes, when waiting for a sign, you look everywhere but the place ...

A new book of previously unpublished work by Jack Kerouac chronicles 'The Buddhist Years' As the writer of On the Road and The Dharma Bums, which turned many people onto Buddhism, we'd love about ...

He was the thinly disguised Japhy character in Jack Kerouac’s 1958 book, “The Dharma Bums.” Sex worker rights activist Margo St. James lived at Druid Heights with Somers when she created San ...

At the time, American composer, David Amram, said, “He (Maher) has written a truly definitive portrait, done with a purity of intent that shines through each page,” while Vanity Fair urged ...

George G. Dorsty, 80, passed away on March 10, 2024. He was born in Philadelphia, PA to George and Elean Dorsty, and grew up on the north shore of Long Island, NY. He was preceded in death by his p… ...