Read Jack Kerouac's last interview before he died

Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac, who died 45 years ago today at the age of 47, remains an intriguing figure in popular culture.

For example, he's been the subject of -- or a peripheral character in -- several recent movies:

• Neal Cassady  (2007), a profile of Kerouac's friend and literary muse starring Tate Donovan.


• Howl (2012),  which starred James Franco as poet Allen Ginsberg.


• On The Road (2012),  based on his influential 1957 novel and starring Sam Riley as Kerouac alongside Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams, Viggo Mortensen, Elisabeth Moss and Kirsten Dunst,


• Kill Your Darlings (2013), a mystery starring Daniel Radcliffe as Ginsberg.

If you're as fascinated by Kerouac as Hollywood seems to be, then you'll want to read this -- it's his  last interview, published on Oct. 12, 1969 in the St. Petersburg Times, nine days before he died of acute liver damage.
"My story is endless. I put in a teletype roll, you know, you know what they are, you have them in newspapers, and run it through there and fix the margins and just go, go – just go, go, go." -- Jack Kerouac
Read the whole thing. (Thanks to Poynter's Mediawire for the tip.)
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