The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics

The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, founded in 1974 at the University of Colorado, Boulder, is an educational program dedicated to innovative and experimental approaches to writing and poetry. Named after the Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac, the school emphasizes spontaneity, personal voice, and exploring new forms of expression rooted in individual experience. It encourages students to break conventional boundaries, blending literature, performance, and the arts to explore consciousness and societal themes. Overall, it fosters an environment of creative experimentation, aiming to deepen understanding of language's power to shape perception and culture.