Jack Kerouac Relative Seeks Political Office In Connecticut

BROOKLYN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A relative of late Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac is running for political office in a small Connecticut town.
A.J. Kerouac is running for first selectman in Brooklyn, a town with a population of about 8,200 in the rural northeastern area of the state known as the Quiet Corner.
The 30-year-old real estate agent tells The Connecticut Post his grandfather was a cousin of Jack Kerouac’s father. Jack Kerouac was from Lowell, Massachusetts,