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, to coincide with the publishing of the text of his original draft scroll (yep, you heard us: scroll). Well, that reading begins today at 4:00 p.m. and will continue to midnight or later: they won't stop till the whole book has been read. The Writers House promises live jazz music and foods mentioned in the novel (no Benzedrine though—sorry!), and readers of the scroll will include local literary luminaries, Writers House employees and volunteers, and, ehem, this Phillyist. (She's reading at 8:00 p.m., if you're trying to avoid her.)

On Thursday, January 25, the Kelly Writers House will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Jack Kerouac's with a marathon reading of the full text of the book. Readers will include local literary luminaries (say that three times fast!), as well as folks affiliated with the House. But, here's where you can come in:

Who says Philadelphia’s stodgy? Oddly enough, we’re something of a hotbed of radical media projects, not the least of which is PENNsound. A project headed by University of Pennsylvania professors Al Filreis and Charles Bernstein, the latter of whom has been pushing for the integration of new technology and poetry for years (he was also the co-founder of the Electronic Poetry Center, one of the greatest and most extensive poetry resources online).