Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant - it all happened across our sites this week!
, 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:
Across the Ist-a-Verse
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