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Although the back of the house was my actual primary living
space (as it had been for Kerouac), the front porch was a
delightful place to read, and share company with Great Uncle
Oak (in the backround)... |
This is the door to the converted porch at the back of the
house that was actually the apartment Kerouac shared with
his mother, and where I spent most of my time...
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This is my writing room, the back apartment. This shot was
taken near the end of my stay, and the walls are covered with
poems I worked on while in residence. They were all typed
on one of the five different typewriters I had at various
times during my stay... |
Another shot of my writing room, and my messy desk. The typewriter
in this shot is my 1928 Underwood...
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This is me at the K House with all the members of the Kerouac
Project Board, to all of whom I owe a tremendous debt of gratitude
for having invited me to be Writer-In-Residence... |
This is me with Kimberly Bucheit, one of the K House Board
Members, and Michael York, well-known actor, and also a K
House Board Member/Supporter...
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This is my bedroom (also Kerouac's), with a new 1940s Royal
that I picked up during my stay... |
And this is a 1950s Penncrest, also a new acquisition...This
shot was taken in the dining room of the main portion of the
house...
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This is Great Uncle Oak (that's what I called him), the amazing
oak tree in the front yard of the K House. Needless to say,
he features in many a poem I wrote there... |
And here is the man himself, Jack Kerouac, in 1957, standing
in front of a much younger Great Uncle Oak...
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Below
are photos from Christopher Watkins' time as Writer-In-Residence at the
Kerouac Project of Orlando. The shots are all from the house where Jack
Kerouac was living and writing when On The Road was released, and
where he later wrote The Dharma Bums, and his long poem Orlanda
Blues. Christopher Watkins lived and worked in this house for three
months, in the Fall of 2006. For more about the Kerouac Project, please
visit kerouacproject.org. And
please check back in, as these photos will be regularly updated.
