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March 12, 2010 | Rebecca Rego Barry

Happy Birthday, Jack

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Today is Jack Kerouac's birthday. Read/listen about him on NPR's "Writer's Almanac." Or, if you missed it, read about him and his troubled estate, from our January issue. 

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