Robert Metcalf is a writer from Wellington, New Zealand. He was the writer in residence at the Kerouac House during the winter of 2014/15. His short stories have appeared in JAAM, Takahe and Headland, and he is currently working on his first novel, The Slow Smoke of Burning.
A long way from New Zealand, writer Robert Metcalf encounters Orlando's literary community and those who seek to commune with the spirit of Jack Kerouac...