Howard Cunnell

Books by Howard Cunnell

Howard Cunnell is the author of Fathers and Sons and The Painter’s Friend. He is the contributing editor of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road: The Original Scroll. His new book, Sun Country, is published by Bloomsbury.

Interviews with Howard Cunnell

The Best Jack Kerouac Books, recommended by Howard Cunnell

Jack Kerouac—drifter, drinker, giant of American literature—became a Beat Generation icon after the publication of On the Road in 1957. But his experimental, improvisatory prose is often misinterpreted as artless “typing,” as Howard Cunnell, Kerouac scholar and author of new memoir Sun Country, explains. Here he recommends five books that offer a better understanding of Kerouac’s ambition and range as a writer.

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