On the Road: The Original Scroll

A recent trip to the British Library got me thinking about original manuscripts and what they can teach us about authors' working habits, so it was a pleasure to learn that we can now delve into Kerouac's original writing of On the Road through a new book, On the Road: The Original Scroll, edited by Howard Cunnell (reviewed in yesterday's New York Times). Kerouac's marathon writing of the book is now legend: he wrote the entire novel on a scroll in three weeks (after several failed drafts). If you're interested in process or are a fan of Kerouac, you'll want to check out the book -- or at least Luc Sante's review.