Comments on: Crackpot Theory #64: Why Jack Kerouac is still popular even though he sucks

By: Jodi

Jodi — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:44:04 +0000

Wow, To Kill a Mockingbird? I remember wondering what all the fuss was back in high school, but upon further inspection I really love that story. I think it’s Scout’s voice that I love so much more than the bigger ’social’ meaning of the novel.

By: david

david — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:41:22 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree with you, Jodi, and often rant myself when books of social significance are set upon a mantel of great literature (my own pet peeve is To Kill a Mockingbird, which makes me very unpopular among high school English teachers, especially in the south).

By: Paula

Paula — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:57:30 +0000

Thank you.

Kerouac is our nation’s most overrated writer. Strangely, though, I make an exception for The Subterraneans, which is an honest and evocative little book, but it was totally a fluke, he never wrote that well again.

By: Kristy

Kristy — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:24:20 +0000

I totally want to hump your leg because you wrote this entry. In a totally I hate Jack way of course….

By: andyJ

andyJ — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:52:22 +0000

Hi Jodi – I only like Kerouac for sentimental reasons – I agree that his writing is way overrated. I blogged about reading OTR last year – see the URL.

enjoyed your blog – keep the ‘Mats faith, baby.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:48:07 +0000

Well, it is a crackpot theory, remember that.

What is that you loved about On the Road? I am genuinely curious.

By: Timmy Mac

Timmy Mac — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:45:03 +0000

See? I love On the Road, am ambivalent towards Dharma Bums, and hated Desolation Angels with pure white fury.

Don’t know what that does for your theory, but that’s where I stand.