I, like many others, had that period back in college when I really got into the “beat generation” and other counter-culture icons. It has become a time-honored rite of passage for young people, and more because I felt like I had to then because I wanted to, I devoured the works of guys like Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and J.D. Salinger (not technically a beat author, but I always find myself lumping him in because he represents the same sort of angst and self-discovery that permeates the others’ work).

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