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Kerouac and Writers on the Road
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Kerouac and Writers on the Road

Readings and Open Mic

October 28, 2008, 6:00 pm

Hokin Annex
623 South Wabash, 1st Floor

Students from the Fiction Writing Department's Critical Reading and Writing: Writers on the Road class join students from Fiction Writing study abroad programs to share their research into the writing processes of Jack Kerouac with a response from Gerald Nicosia, Kerouac biographer. Following the discussion will be an open mic session with the road theme.

Photo: Courtesy Gerald Nicosia

New Event!

Jack In Ghost-Town
Staged Reading

November 1, 2008, 2:00 pm

Prop Theatre
3502 N. Elston

Gerald Nicosia's play Jack In Ghost-Town, which looks at Kerouac's life from just before his death all the way back to childhood, will be given a staged reading at the Prop Theatre.  The reading is free and open to the public.  For further information, call 773-539-7838.