Beat Generation
Scholar, Author, & Editor
Charles
Shuttleworth
is a senior editor of Sal Paradise Press. He has now edited three volumes of writings from the Kerouac archive.
My Books
2025
Jack Kerouac
The Buddhist Years
The Buddhist Years (2025), a collection reflecting the spiritual side of Kerouac’s nature focusing mainly on writings from 1953-’58, when Buddhism became central to his thinking and questioning.
2024
Jack Kerouac
Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait (co-edited with Paul Maher, Jr.), a blend of fiction and nonfiction spanning Kerouac’s entire adult life, from a journal written at age seventeen to autobiographical reflections a few years before his death.
2022
Jack Kerouac
Desolation Peak
Desolation Peak, published in 2022, consists of Kerouac’s writing during his two-month stint as a fire lookout for the US Forest Service in the North Cascades in 1956.
Published Essays
on Jack Kerouac
Live & Virtual
Events
Conversations with Charles
July 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm PDT
From Bohemians to Be-Ins:
Jack Kerouac and the Rise of the Haight
Free (Registration Required)
Virtual via Zoom, Hosted by City Lights