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Article: Writers find inspiration in Kerouac's Orlando home
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- October 12, 2008
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This city in a region of mouse ears and outlet malls was once home to Jack Kerouac, and it may be incubating a successor.
Five decades ago, the Beat Generation author wrote "The Dharma Bums" in 11 days in a small, tin-roofed house near downtown Orlando and received the first glowing reviews of "On The Road."
Now his old digs house the Jack Kerouac Writer in Residence Project, which brings emerging authors to live and work in the home for three-month stints _ not to create Kerouac clones, but to give them the opportunity to develop their own style.
"It's the idea of not only celebrating Kerouac's history in Florida, but also creating a living legacy ...