Topic: Jack Kerouac - CSMonitor.com

Culture Cafe Olivia Wilde, Steve Carell star in the magicians comedy 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone'

Olivia Wilde, Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi star in the movie 'Wonderstone,' which also features Jim Carrey as a popular illusionist. Steve Carell is a fading Las Vegas magician while Olivia Wilde is a stage assistant.

'Ferlinghetti' explores the remarkable life of the poet-painter-activist

Kristen Stewart stars in 'On the Road'

Chapter & Verse Gore Vidal remembered: a larger-than-life literary presence (+video)

iPad book apps designed to thrill serious book lovers

Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place: movie review

Laura Moulton brings books to the homeless – by bike

Classic review: Bob Dylan in America

The Quiet World: Saving Alaska’s Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960

Riding shotgun: Lee Friedlander photographs from the car

A nomad nation settles down

Bob Dylan in America

Howl: movie review

Robert Frank: His photographs recorded an unvarnished America

Imperial

Beyond texting while driving: we're car crazy

Opinion A great road trip calls for a great roadcast

Music's Spell

Promised Land

The wild ride of an author-turned-hobo