Jack Kerouac Exhibition at The New York Public Library

"Diaries, manuscripts, snapshots, and personal items of Jack Kerouac, the visionary author whose pioneering work helped to established the Beat Movement in the United States, will be on display in Beatific Souls: Jack Kerouac's On the Road, 1957-2007, an exhibition on view at The New York Public Library September 28, 2007 through February 10, 2008. The exhibition coincides with the 50th anniversary of Kerouac's landmark novel, On the Road, which has captured the imagination of several generations and established its author as a major figure in American literature"