Kerouac’s knickknacks go on the road back to Lowell

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — The eclectic bric-a-brac that comforted and inspired writer Jack Kerouac is going on the road. "Kerouac Retrieved," an exhibition of the clutter that surrounded Kerouac at the simple wooden desk in Florida where he wrote many of his works, opens Thursday in the author's hometown of Lowell.

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — The eclectic bric-a-brac that comforted and inspired writer Jack Kerouac is going on the road. "Kerouac Retrieved," an exhibition of the clutter that surrounded Kerouac at the simple wooden desk in Florida where he wrote many of his works, opens Thursday in the author's hometown of Lowell.…