American writer Jack Kerouac stands out as the voice of the Beat Generation. His 1957 novel On the Road sets his real-life travels against a backdrop of jazz and poetry. The story was formed in a series of notebooks he took with him on his travels. One notebook entry, in which Kerouac writes poetically about music and art, is featured on our back cover, with an illustration by Dominic (Nic) Ferrari on the front.