Iowa native and agent to Kerouac, Kesey, McNamara: Sterling Lord dies
He endured the initial unwillingness of publishers to take on Jack Kerouac's book and was later the agent for Amiri Baraka, Ken Kesey and others.
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He endured the initial unwillingness of publishers to take on Jack Kerouac's book and was later the agent for Amiri Baraka, Ken Kesey and others.
Sterling Lord represented Jack Kerouac and many other famous authors. He died on Saturday at an Ocala nursing home at age 102.
Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent, has died. He had just turned 102. Lord died Saturday in a nursing home in Ocala, Florida.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” and over the following decades
Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” and over the following decades arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, has died. He had just turned 102. Lord died Saturday in a…