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Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 16:07:36 -0400

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From: William Miller <KenWNC@AOL.COM>

Subject: Re: Libraries and theft

Hello folks.

William Miller here.

I'm glad (or perhaps sad) that "beat books and libraries" touched a nerve.

Apparently the beats are widely stolen. What's truly tragic about library

book theft, especially in the case of the beat authors, is that the books are

FREE OF CHARGE to begin with, if the person would only return the books.

It's not like the man is trying to stick it to these poor "beatnik" kids.

They can check them out FOR FREE. Their plea of poverty is pitiful,

ignorant, and cowardly.

Unfortunately, beat books can be stolen WITHOUT being checked out, that's the

deal at college libraries I suppose. (half of the "gone" books at our public

library are "missing", the others are "claimed lost" or "claimed returned").

i'm almost through with Jack Black's _You Can't Win_, and it's well

worthwhile. He uses the phrase "On the Road" early on to describe his

wandering down-and-out ways (and this book, of course, precedes JK), and I've

now read about the original Johnson Family and Salt Chunk Mary (I guess Bill

just borrowed them....). It's quite a trip.

William Miller

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Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 03:31:00 GMT

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From: bozokitty <jennifer_bozokitty@USA.PIPELINE.COM>

Subject: Re: Lenore Kandel

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Phil--

I work for a publishing company & we're doing a book on Women of the

Beat--I'll e-mail you some info within the next coupla days...she's in it &

I know we've contacted her...

/\____/\

| o o |

=(_)= --------------- jennifer

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Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 16:20:06 -0400

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From: The Lowes <hdnfalls@POND.COM>

Subject: Burroughs & Carl Solomon--

Anybody so inclined is cordially invited to check in rec.arts.books.marketplace

today for books for sale by/related to Uncle Bill, Claude Pelieu & Carl

Solomon. <g>

Thanks--

Mark

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Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 17:01:20 -0400

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From: Phil Chaput <Philzi@TIAC.NET>

Subject: Re: Lenore Kandel

At 03:31 AM 7/2/96 GMT, you wrote:

>Phil--

>I work for a publishing company & we're doing a book on Women of the

>Beat--I'll e-mail you some info within the next coupla days...she's in it &

>I know we've contacted her...

>--

>/\____/\

>| o o |

> =(_)= --------------- jennifer

> U

>Great, that book sounds interesting. Are you contacting Joy Walsh of the

Moody Street Irregulars? I was also wondering what she is doing these days.

How soon before that book is published and available? Thanks, I'll look

forward to getting that info. Here is my address:

Philip J. Chaput

19 Wannalancit St.

Lowell, Mass. 01854

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Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 18:27:48 -0400

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From: Phil Chaput <Philzi@TIAC.NET>

Subject: Oops sorry!Lenore Kandel

Didn't realize I was sending that last message to the entire list.I thought

it was a private e-mail I was responding to. I guess I should look at the

address more carefully. Sorry folks. Have a happy fourth of July.Phil

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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 17:13:51 EST

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From: SPOTS OF TIME <breithau@KENYON.EDU>

Subject: Re: Beat Publications

Hello,

Has anyone heard the CD by SEVEN SOULS called MATERIAL (Virgin Records)? It's a

fine piece of music, hard to describe, sounding like you just walked into an

Islamic disco bar where William S. Burroughs is giving a reading. I guess that

describes it fairly well, Islam influenced music with Burroughs reading in the

back ground. The mix is good, I would buy the music and the reading as seperate

CDs even. A much better partnership than WSB with Cobain (phew!).

Anyway...when I bought this CD recently, the cashier at the music store said

that SEVEN SOULS had just gone out of print, so if you are a fan of Burroughs

and or Eastern music, I would grab one if you see it. Any opinions from anyone

who has heard it?

Dave Breithaupt

PS, hey Water Row, do you have this CD (above) in stock?

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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 19:06:20 -0400

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From: Jeffrey Weinberg <Waterrow@AOL.COM>

Subject: Re: Beat Publications

Regarding Seven Souls' recording titled Material (with William Burroughs), we

have the cassette in stock now and have more CDs

coming in any day.

Thanks, Dave B., and a tip of the beret to you!

Jeffrey

Water Row Books

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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 21:04:56 -0400

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From: Jeffrey Weinberg <Waterrow@AOL.COM>

Subject: Re: Beat Publications

I wanted to let everyone know about a new publication from Water Row Press

that will be available in a few months:

"Beat Speak" : An Illustrated Glossary, Circa 1956-1959.

In her new illustrated glossary, "Beat Speak," artist Ashleigh Talbot has

collected over 80 Beatnik terms, defined them, and drawn her artistic

interpretations. The result is a fun-filled yet serious Beat extravaganza all

Beat Generation fans are sure to enjoy. Over 100 illustrations. 8-1/2" x 11".

170 pages. Beautifully bound in leatherette hardcover binding.

Available in two editions:

1. Hardcover trade edition and

2. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by the author/artist.

Many thanks -

Jeffrey

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Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 10:27:48 -0800

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From: Bonnie Lee Howard <howardb@SONOMA.EDU>

Subject: Summer Edition of BLUE PENNY QUARTERLY

FYI: The summer edition of Blue Penny Quarterly is out now, and can be

found at:

http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/olp/bpq/front-page.html

There's a review in there of The Beat Experience CD-ROM, if anyone

wants to read it.

Bonnie

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Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 15:28:26 -0500

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From: michael paul wakeford <mwakefor@INDIANA.EDU>

Subject: Kerouac's Grave

Does anybody know of any publication with pictures, text, etc., of Jack

Kerouac's grave in Lowell? I'm working on a paper on the Beats in

American public memory and would be really interested in info on this or

other suggestions. Thanks for any help.

Mike Wakeford

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Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 17:46:01 -0400

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From: MLowe <hdnfalls@POND.COM>

Subject: Re: Kerouac's Grave--

There is a very good photograph of Bob Dylan & Allen Ginsberg sitting at

Kerouac's grave published in Ginsberg's "First Blues" (Full Court Press).

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Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 18:25:19 -0400

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From: Phil Chaput <Philzi@TIAC.NET>

Subject: Re: Kerouac's Grave

At 03:28 PM 7/6/96 -0500, you wrote:

>Does anybody know of any publication with pictures, text, etc., of Jack

>Kerouac's grave in Lowell? I'm working on a paper on the Beats in

>American public memory and would be really interested in info on this or

>other suggestions. Thanks for any help.

>Mike Wakeford

>Very good pictures of the gravesite are available in the "Rolling Thunder

Review" a book about Bob Dylan's tour in 1976. That book is available from

Waterrow books. He probably knows about other shots as well I'm sure. He has

an amazingly good collection of beat books.His e-mail is Waterrow@aol.com

Water Row Books

P.O. Box 438

Sudbury, MA 01776

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Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 17:22:21 -0700

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From: Levi Asher <brooklyn@NETCOM.COM>

Subject: Re: Kerouac's Grave

In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.91.960706152526.28558C-100000@othello.ucs.indiana.edu> from "michael paul wakeford" at Jul 6,

96 03:28:26 pm

> Does anybody know of any publication with pictures, text, etc., of Jack

> Kerouac's grave in Lowell? I'm working on a paper on the Beats in

There's a picture on my website, in the fourth part of my interview

with Neal Cassady's son John. It was taken by John's girlfriend Pat

Gallagher when she was in Lowell. Direct URL is:

http://www.charm.net/~brooklyn/JCI/JCInterview.html

And check for the 4th section, called "Odds and Ends".

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Levi Asher = brooklyn@netcom.com

Literary Kicks: http://www.charm.net/~brooklyn/

(the beat literature web site)

Queensboro Ballads: http://www.levity.com/brooklyn/

(my fantasy folk-rock album)

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills

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Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 12:20:45 -0400

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From: "Christa D. Neu" <NEUCD@AOL.COM>

Subject: Re: Kerouac's Grave

I got a book in Lowell while I was there last summer called _Visions of

Lowell_ which I bought specifically because it had a shot of the grave in it.

It has photos of Kerouac's homes and haunts, and text about the

photos...kind of a guide book to Lowell. Written by John J Dorfner, forward

by Ginsberg.

Cooper Street Publications...isbn 0-9636046-7-8.

Christa

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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 09:04:12 -0500

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From: NANCY GRACE <NGrace@ACS.WOOSTER.EDU>

Subject: Kerouac conference

Can anyone give me information about the U of Mass Kerouac conference that

I heard was taking place this fall. I also heard that they are still

accepting paper proposals through July, and I would like to submit but need

the who, when, where, etc. Thanks much for any help with this. Nancy

Grace, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio

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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 12:39:50 -0400

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From: Neil Hennessy <nhenness@UWATERLOO.CA>

Subject: Re: Kerouac's Grave

All of the Dylan-Ginsberg photos at Kerouac's grave in Lowell come from

Dylan's 4-hour movie "Renaldo & Clara", in which Dylan and Ginsberg talk

about graves they have visited. Ginsberg says that he layed a copy of

_Howl_ on Baudelaire's grave, and asks Dylan what graves he's visited.

Dylan replies (enigmatic as ever) "I want to be buried in an unmarked

grave." They then walk around the Catholic grotto in Lowell and ginsberg

translates all the French stations for Dylan. Great stuff.

There is also a picture of Dylan and Ginsberg at Kerouac's grave on the

cover of _The Beat Vision_. I used that cover to find the grave when I

was in Lowell, by looking at the trees and houses in the background. Even

though 20 years had passed, the background scenery in the ole Edson

Cemetary hadn't changed that much.

Cheers,

Neil

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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 14:00:13 -0500

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From: MS TERESA M GIORDANO <TeresaGiordano@PRODIGY.COM>

Subject: Lowell Festival

Can anyone send me any information about the Lowell

festival/conference that happens annually? I'd like dates,

publications or phone numbers where more info or schedules might be

found, anything pertinent to getting there and knowing what's going

on.

Thanks,

Teresa Giordano

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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 14:10:45 EST

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From: SPOTS OF TIME <breithau@KENYON.EDU>

Subject: Re: Kerouac's Grave

OK, here is yet another contribution to the list of sources for shots of

Kerouac's grave. If this has been mentioned already, please excuse, but there

is a really fine shot of his grave marker in BEATS & COMPANY; PORTRAIT OF A

LITERARY GENERATION by Ann Charters. This is a fine book for any beat

collection, the photos are great. However, I am not sure if this is still in

print but you can always check a library if it hasn't been ripped off. The book

came out in 1986, published by Dolphin Books, which I think is an imprint of

Doubleday & Company. This is not to be confused with Ginsberg's Poetic

Snapshots which came out much more recently. Good luck.

Dave B. in steamy Ohio

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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 14:25:22 EDT

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Subject: Re: Lowell Festival

9TH ANNUAL LOWELL CELEBRATES KEROUAC! FESTIVAL

3-6 OCTOBER 1996

LOWELL, MA

"Jack Kerouac: Athelete and Scholar"

Featured Book: Vanity of Duluoz

Walking Tours, Bus Tours, Performance, Poetry, Small Press Book Fair,

Symposium.

Send me your SNAIL MAIL address and I will put you on the mailing list.

More to come.

UMASS Lowell will be hosting a conference on Beat Literature in

conjunction with the festival. Friday 4 October. For details, write

Professor Hillary Holladay, english Dept, UMASS Lowell, 1 University Ave,

Lowell, MA 01854.

Mark Hemenway

President, Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, Inc

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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 18:11:45 -0400

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Subject: Festival

Join us in Jack Kerouac's hometown, during the season he loved best...

The 9th Annual Lowell Celebrates KEROUAC! Festival

3-6 October 1996 LOWELL, MA

"I was going home in October. Everybody goes home in October." On the Road

Millions of people around the world have read and experienced Jack Kerouac's

books. Come share that experience in his hometown at the 9th Annual Lowell

Celebrates Kerouac! Festival.

Each October, Lowell, Massachusetts hosts Kerouac enthusiasts from around

the world for a weekend of poetry, performance, companionship and ....Kerouac.

WALK DR SAX STREETS WITH JACK KEROUAC....

Dr. Sax, Visions of Gerard, Maggie Cassidy, Vanity of Duluoz, The Town and

The City- The Lowell Jack Kerouac wrote about is still very much present.

The houses he lived in, the sites he wrote about, the streets he walked are

here. The Grotto, the Merrimack River, Moody Street Bridge, Textile Lunch,

the Pollard Library... Strike out on your own with your favorite Lowell

novel as a guide - or join one of many guided tours.

ENJOY A PERFORMANCE BY YOUR FAVORITE BEAT MUSICIAN OR POET...

Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Ray Manzarek, David Amram.

Gregory Corso and Herbert Huncke have performed at the festival.

LEARN ABOUT JACK KEROUAC AND THE BEATS ...

Attend a symposium...pick up a book at the small press book fair... or just

listen in on the conversations around you. Experience the rich cultural

heritage at the source of Kerouac's genius. Leading Kerouac and beat

scholars from around the country attend the festival.

SHARE THE BEAT EXPERIENCE...

Read your own work at an open microphone... visit the Kerouac Commemorative

at midnight... or just hang out at one of the late night get- togethers.

Spend a few days with people who share the enthusiasm, joyous spirit and

energy of Jack Kerouac.

THE KEROUAC COMMEMORATIVE

The Jack Kerouac Commemorative is located in downtown Lowell at the

intersection of Bridge and French Streets, near the former site of his

father's print shop. Selected Kerouac passages, etched in eight red granite

pillars, stand as a living monument to his art. The opening passages from

his five "Lowell novels," as well as passages from On the Road. Lonesome

Traveler, Book of Dreams and Mexico City Blues are inscribed on eight

triangular marble columns. The arrangement of the columns and the surface

stones form a kind of Buddhist-Christian mandala. The symmetrical cross and

diamond pattern of The Commemorative is a meditation on the complex

Buddhist and Roman Catholic foundations of much of Jack's writing.

THE JACK KEROUAC LITERARY PRIZE

Emerging and established writers are invited to submit works of fiction,

non-fiction or poetry for the Jack Kerouac Literary Prize. The winner will

receive a $500 honorarium and an invitation to present the winning

manuscript at the October Festival. The Prize is sponsored by Lowell

Celebrates Kerouac!, Inc, The Estate of Jack and Stella Kerouac, Middlesex

Community College and the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. For

guidelines, send a SASE to The Jack Kerouac Literary Prize, P.O. Box 8788,

Lowell, MA 01853.

LOWELL CELEBRATES KEROUAC!, INC

The Annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival is produced by Lowell

Celebrates Kerouac!, Inc., a non-profit corporation. Created to build the

Jack Kerouac Commemorative, Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, Inc. is dedicated to

promoting the study and enjoyment of Jack Kerouac's art through the festival

and other projects.

Festival planning is a year round process, and we need your help. Join us at

our meetings, 7:00 PM, on the third Thursday of every month, on the second

floor of the Pollard Memorial Library, 401 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA.

For more information, call 508-458-1721 or email: Mark Hemenway at

mhemenway@igc.apc.org. or Phil Chaput at philzi@tiac.net

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, Inc. is an independent, volunteer organization

and we depend on your support to produce the festival. Send your

contributions to:

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, Inc.

P.O. Box 1111

Lowell, MA 01853.

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Subject: Festival

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, Inc

P.O. Box 1111, Lowell, MA 01853

Jack Kerouac: Athlete and Scholar

9th Annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival

3-6 October 1996

"The bus roared on. I was going home. Everybody goes home in October." On

the Road

"L'autobus prosegui rombando. Stavo tornando a casa in Octobre. Tutti

tornano a casa in Octobre." Sulla Strada

"It was beautiful with falling red leaves aching," Vanity of Duluoz

The Annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival is an opportunity for

enthusiasts to gather in his hometown during his favorite month to share the

unique experience of Jack Kerouac's art.

The Festival is organized and produced by Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, Inc.,

an all volunteer, community -based organization. This year is the 9th Annual

Festival. Our goal in planning the weekend, is to capture the spontaneous,

joyful spirit of Jack Kerouac's writing. Although the final schedule for the

weekend does not emerge until late summer. Major events, have already been

identified.

Each year we select a theme for the festival. The theme of the 9th Annual

Festival is "Jack Kerouac: Athlete and Scholar." The featured book is Vanity

of Duluoz.

The Jack Kerouac Literary Prize Announcement and Reception- The 9th Annual

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival will open on Thursday evening, 3 October

with the announcement of the winner of the Jack Kerouac Literary Prize, and

presentation of the winning manuscript at the Lowell Barnes & Noble Bookstore.

Memorial Mass for Jack Kerouac- A memorial mass for Jack Kerouac will be

held at the St. Louis Roman Catholic Church, the parish in which he spent

his earliest years.

Beat Literature Conference- The University of Massachusetts-Lowell will

present an academic conference on Jack Kerouac and the Beat writers on

Friday, 4 October at the University's South Campus. Leading scholars of beat

culture and literature will present papers and ideas in symposia and panels

throughout the day.

Kerouac Quilt. Merrimack Valley poets will present a cycle of poetry

constructed around a theme of Kerouac and quilts. The event will take place

in the New England Quilt Museum, which is planning an exhibition of

specialty quilts sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution, and a period

bedroom, much like the one Jack might have slept in.

Kerouac Documentary- Doug and Judy Sharples of Cottonwood Productions, will

preview their film, "Go Moan for Man" during the festival. The movie visits

scenes from "On the Road".

Feature Performance- Performances by well-known beat personalities or

performers will highlight Friday and Saturday evenings. Negotiations for

this year's festival are under way. Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Gregory

Corso, Herbert Huncke, Ray Manzarek and Michael McClure have performed in

the past.

Small Press Book Fair- The small press book fair is an opportunity to sample

regional small press publications, and pick-up Kerouac books- new and rare.

Poetry at The Rainbow Cafe- Authors read their works in the Kerouacian

ambiance of a neighborhood tavern in "Little Canada." Everyone is welcome to

read their poetry or prose, but time is limited, please reserve a spot ahead

of time.

Symposium- As part of our mission to encourage the study and enjoyment of

Jack Kerouac's art, Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, Inc. sponsors an afternoon

symposium at a downtown location. This year's event will feature Mr. Glenn

Stout who has conducted extensive research into Kerouac's athletic career.

Walking Tours- Walking tours of Kerouac sites in Lowell are conducted

throughout the weekend. The tours change each year, but almost always

include: Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, the Watermelon Man Bridge, the

Merrimack River, and many of the neighborhood sites Jack wrote about.

Bus Tours- Bus tours of Lowell and Nashua, NH provide a more leisurely tour

sites in these two Kerouac cities. Jack Kerouac's mother and father met and

the family, including Gerard are buried in Nashua.

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL TOURS. ALL TOURS ARE IN ENGLISH. TOURS IN

FRENCH ARE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.

Open Microphone at the Coffee Mill- Sunday afternoons are reserved for an

open microphone reading and performance at the Coffee Mill in downtown

Lowell. Everyone is welcome to read their work. Sip expresso while waiting

your turn at the microphone. .

Many other activities are available during the weekend:

Exhibits of first edition beat publications and memorabilia.

Jack Kerouac's rucksack and other personal items are on display at the

Working People Exhibit, Lowell National Historical Park.

Edson Cemetery. Jack Kerouac is buried in the Edson Cemetery just south of

Downtown Lowell. The cemetery is open from sun-up to sun-down every day.

Music and conversation- There will be many opportunities throughout the

weekend to share your festival experience and enthusiasm for Jack Kerouac

while enjoying a beer at local taverns and nightspots.

Festival planning is a year round process, and we need your help. Join us at

our meetings, 7:00 PM, on the third Thursday of every month, on the second

floor of the Pollard Memorial Library, 401 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA.

For more information, call 508-458-1721 or email: Mark Hemenway at

mhemenway@igc.apc.org. or Phil Chaput at philzi@tiac.net

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, Inc. is an independent, volunteer organization

and we depend on your support to produce the festival. Send your

contributions to:

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, Inc.

P.O. Box 1111

Lowell, MA 01853.

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From: Phil Chaput <Philzi@TIAC.NET>

Subject: Re: Kerouac conference

At 09:04 AM 7/8/96 -0500, you wrote:

>Can anyone give me information about the U of Mass Kerouac conference that

>I heard was taking place this fall. I also heard that they are still

>accepting paper proposals through July, and I would like to submit but need

>the who, when, where, etc. Thanks much for any help with this. Nancy

>Grace, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio

Grace, here is the info on the symposium but the deadline for accepting

papers is fast approaching so I suggest you get it in as soon as possible.

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!

P.O. Box 1111, Lowell, MA 01853

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Hillary Holladay (508)934-4195

Mark Hemenway

(508)475-9090 or

(508)458-1721

PUBLIC INQUIRIES: (508)934-4195

UMASS- LOWELL ANNOUNCES BEAT LITERATURE SYMPOSIUM FOR KEROUAC FESTIVAL

LOWELL, MA. The University of Massachusetts- Lowell announced plans for a

Beat Literature Symposium to be conducted in conjunction with the Annual

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival. The Symposium will be held Friday, 4

October 1996 at the UMASS-Lowell Campus.

Anyone wishing to present papers should send a one-page proposal to

Professor Hillary Holladay, English Department, UMASS-Lowell, Lowell, MA

01854 by 31 July 1996.

Submissions are welcome on (but not limited to) the following topics:

Kerouac's Lowell Novels

Portrayals of Race, Gender, sexuality ion Kerouac's fiction

Beat poets, especially Ginsberg, Corso. Snyder

William S. Burroughs

Keoruac's spontaneous prose technique

This will be the second Beat Symposium sponsored by the college. Last year's

event, also held in conjunction with the Annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!

festival attracted leading Kerouac and beat scholars from around the

country, and featured presentations by Ann Charters, Joyce Johnson, and Ann

Douglas of Columbia University.

Interest in the beat writers is undergoing a revival. A reevaluation of the

influence of their thought and writing on American culture is also under

way. The study and analysis of their writing is achieving a new

respectability in academic quarters. Major conferences at New York

University in 1994 and 1995 did a lot to encourage this trend.

"A forum for serious discussion of beat contributions to our literature and

our culture is needed." says Professor Hillary Hollady, who teaches a beat

literature course at UMASS-Lowell and is organizing this year's festival,

"Certainly, Lowell, the source of Jack Kerouac's inspiration is an

appropriate location for such a forum, and timing the conference to coincide

with a festival commemorating Kerouac's work is an appropriate time."

"The conference is not limited to Kerouac topics," Hollady explained," We're

looking for papers which will expand and energize all aspects of beat

scholarship."

For information on the Conference, contact Professor Hillary Hollady,

English Department, UMASS-Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, 508-934-4195, email:

holladayh@woods.uml.edu.

Jack Kerouac was born on March 12, 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts to a

French-Canadian Catholic family. A prolific poet and novelist, he

chronicled his childhood years in Lowell, and the adventures and experiences

of contemporaries as they traveled throughout he US and the world. On the

Road, published in 1957, brought him immediate fame , and Kerouac was

acclaimed the voice of the Beat Generation. The city of Lowell and his

experiences growing up in the Franco-American community here are central to

Jack Kerouac's art and writings. Five of his 11 novels are set in Lowell,

and the city is mentioned in all of his books. Jack Kerouac remains one of

the most influential and inspirational of American writers.These novels are

read and appreciated throughout the world.

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, Inc., a non-profit corporation, produces the

Annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival held each October in Lowell, MA.

Our mission is to encourage the study and enjoyment of Jack Kerouac's art by

sharing the Lowell experience with visitors and by educating local residents

about the influence of Jack Kerouac on modern American culture and literature.

The 9th Annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival will be held October

1996. Planning for this year's festival has already begun. The Festival

committee meets the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM in the Pollard

Memorial Library in Lowell. We need lots of help. Membership is open to

anyone interested in working to celebrate the joyful spirit of Jack Kerouac.

For information on membership, activities and meeting dates, write Lowell

Celebrates Kerouac!, Box 1111, Lowell, MA 01853, call 508-458-1721, or email

Mark Hemenway mhemenway@igc.apc.org. or Phil Chaput e-mail philzi@tiac.net

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From: Phil Chaput <Philzi@TIAC.NET>

Subject: Beat Literature Symposium

U. MASS. LOWELL SPONSORS SECOND ANNUAL BEAT LIT. SYMPOSIUM

Albert Gelpi, a national authority on modern American literature and

professor of English at Stanford University, will be the keynote speaker at

U. Mass. Lowell's second annual Beat Literature Symposium on Friday, Oct. 4.

Gelpi will speak on the "Lowell influence" apparent in Lowell native Jack

Kerouac's many novels. Gelpi's talk is set for 2 p.m., and will be preceded

and followed by scholarly panels on the writings of Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg,

William S. Burroughs, and o

ther authors associated with the Beat Movement.

Other scholars expected to speak during the event include Ann Douglas of

Columbia University, Joe Donahue of the University of the Pacific, and Ronna

Johnson of Tufts University. In addition to panels by professional scholars,

there will also be a panel

of undergraduate papers with participants from U. Mass. Lowell and other

area universities.

"We hope to attract a large audience to all of the symposium events, just

as we did last year," said symposium director Hilary Holladay, an assistant

professor of American literature at U. Mass. Lowell. "College students love

Kerouac and the other Beat a

uthors, and this event is a wonderful opportunity for them to hear

cutting-edge scholarship on their favorite authors."

The symposium is sponsored by U. Mass. Lowell's English Department and the

Division of Continuing Education. It is part of the city-wide Lowell

Celebrates Kerouac! festival running Oct. 3 through 6. For symposium

registration information, contact Kitty G

alaitsis in Continuing Education at 508/934-2446.

---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--

Contact: Hilary Holladay, English Dept., U. Mass. Lowell 01854,

508/934-4195, e-mail: holladayh@woods.uml.edu

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From: Nels A Nelson <Nels68Me@AOL.COM>

Subject: Re: Kerouac's Grave--

In a message dated 96-07-06 17:44:32 EDT, hdnfalls@POND.COM (MLowe) writes:

<< There is a very good photograph of Bob Dylan & Allen Ginsberg sitting at

Kerouac's grave published in Ginsberg's "First Blues" (Full Court Press).

This photo also appears in Arthur and Kit Knight's The Beat Vision, I think.

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From: JENS MOELLENHOFF <JMOELLEN@NW80.CIP.FAK14.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE>

Subject: scripts of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! festival

Will there be any scripts of the speeches held during the Kerouac

festival ?

Since I cannot come to Lowell, but am very interested in this

happening, I would be very glad, if there were any scripts available

via my English bookseller in Munich.

Kind regards

Jens Moellenhoff

jmoellen@nw80.cip.fak14.uni-muenchen.de

jmoellen@sun1.cip.fak14.uni-muenchen.de

http://www.cip.fak14.uni-muenchen.de/~jmoellen/ (German)

*** Language is a Virus from Outer Space - WSB ***

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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 23:07:06 -0400

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From: Phil Chaput <Philzi@TIAC.NET>

Subject: RANT for the renaissance performance in New Orleans

This looks like it will be one hell of a beat happening and I thought it

should be posted here, Quite a lineup. Check it out.

RANT for the renaissance, The Majic Bus, & TRIBE present VOICES WITHOUT

RESTRAINT 48-Hour Non-Stop Music & Poetry INSOMNIACATHON at The New Orleans

Contemporary Arts Centre and The Howlin Wolf Club August 16-18

PERFORMERS:

Amiri Baraka (poet, NJ), David Amram (musician, NY), Diane di Prima (poet,

CA), Ed Sanders (poet, NY), The Iguanas, Storeyville, E.

Ethelbert Miller (poet, D.C.), Willie Smith (poet, CA), WAMO (poet, TX),

Robert Creeley (poet, NY), Ramblin Jack Elliott (musician), Robert Palmer

(writer), Nicole Blackman (poet, NYC), Hersch Silverman (poet, NJ) & Channel

Nine (musicians, NY), Douglas Brinkley (writer, LA), Steve Dalachinsky

(poet, NY), Frank Messina & Spoken Motion (poet/musicians, NY), Louis

Bickett (poet/artist, KY), Yusef Komunyakaa (poet), Richard Hell

(poet/musician, NY), Mark Reese (filmmaker: Premiere documentaries on Jackie

Robinson & Roy Campanella), Chris Iovenko (filmmaker: Harry Crews

documentary), MouthAlmighty & Bob Holman's THE UNITED STATES OF POETRY (New

Orleans Premiere), Chris Felver (photographer/filmmaker, Premiere of

Lawrence Ferlinghetti documentary), The Amazing Chan Klan (pop), The Black

Pig Liberation Front (multi-media band of future here now, NY), Grand

Passion (new wave from Northeast), Tyrone Cotton (blues), Susi Wood (KY

mountain folk), Erik LaPrade (poet, NY), Brian Foye (poet/writer/Founder

Kerouac Festival, MA), John Rechy (writer, CA), Andrei Codrescu (renaissance

man, LA), Jay McInerney (writer), William S. Burroughs (live phone

conversation), James Grauerholz (writer, KA), Ron Seitz (poet/writer, AZ),

Jim McCrary (poet, KA), Ron Whitehead (poet/writer, KY), John Sinclair

(poet/musician, LA), Dennis Formento (poet/writer, LA), Eleven Eleven (guilt

punk), Sander Hicks (playwright/publisher, NY), Soft Skull Press (NY),

Little Molasses Theatre Company (production of RAPID CITY, NY), Matt Kohn

(poet/photographer, NY), Kalamu Yasalaam (poet/musician, LA), Denis Mahoney

(poet/musician, RI), Arthur Pfister (poet, LA), Hozomeen Press (NYC, CT,

RI), Pop Rocket Records (CT), Ring Tarigh (RI), White Fields Press (KY, TX),

the literary renaissance (KY), COMPOST Magazine (NY, MA), Ralph Adamo (poet,

LA), W. Loran Smith (poet, KY), Umar Aki Williams (poet, KY), Rich Martin

(poet/musician, CT), Kent Fielding (poet, AK), Todd Colby (poet, NY), John

Deer (low punk), Anastosias Kozaitis (poet, NY), Kevin Gallagher (poet, NY),

Casey Cyr (poet, NY), Phil Paradis (poet, KY), Lori Turner (poet, KY), The

New Orleans Poetry Forum, MESECHABE (LA), SPLEEN (KY), GREENPEACE, Bops,

Crack, Boom! Press (KY), Al McLaughlin (OH), Jordan Green (poet, KY), Will

Kotheimer (poet/filmmaker, KY), Wendy-Charly Lemmon (poet, LA), Paul

McDonald (poet, KY), NEMO (poet, NY), Annie McClanahan (poet, KY), Mickey

Hess (novelist, KY), Michelle Fowler (poet, CO), Andrea Roney (poet, KY),

Heather Kolf (poet, KY), IMPALA SUPER ( scruff punk), John Hagan (writer,

KY), Mike Forman (poet/musician, KY), Bruce Beroff (poet, KY), Jeff Eckman

(poet, KY), Debi Coombs (poet, KY), J. B. Wilson (poet, KY), Kevin Coombs

(poet, KY), Rebekah Reeves (poet, KY), Paul Levitch (poet, KY), Luke Buckman

(poet,KY), Deirdre Skaggs (poet, KY), Gui Stuart (poet, KY), Amanda Hammons

(poet, KY), David Minton (poet), Kelly Render (blues & country musician,

KY), Matthew Osborn (poet, KY), Randall Keenan (poet), Jason Powell (poet,

KY), Cotton Seiler (poet, KA), Michael Leonard (writer, NY), Allison Bona

(poet, KY), Aaron May (poet, KY), Margie Nicoll (poet, MA), Marina Karides

(poet, MA), Danielle Legros Georges (poet, NY), John Ryan (poet, MA), Seth

Cohen (poet, KY),

Chris Kubicek (poet, FL), Reverend Jayne Praxis (poet, KY), Kirstin Ogden

(poet, AK), Gene Simmons (poet, AK), Kevin Johnson (poet, LA), Lee Grue

(poet/musician, LA), TRIBE Performers, Dorothy Henriques (playwright, LA),

Paul Chasse (poet/moto-biker, LA), Dr. Ahmos Zu-Bolton, LA), Christine

Trimbo (poet, LA), David Rowe (poet, LA), Dr. Jerry McGuire (poet, LA), Anne

Marie (poet, LA), John Bigunet (poet, LA), Cynthia Hogue (poet, LA), Kerry

Poree (poet, LA), Barbara Lamont (poet/singer, LA), Nancy Harris (poet, LA),

Dell Hall (poet, LA), Ben Gunn (poet/musician, LA) Andrea Gereighty (poet,

LA), Bonnie Fastring (poet, LA), Nancy Cotton (poet, LA), Chris Champagne

(poet, LA), Stan Bemis (poet, LA), Rene Broussard (video artist, LA), Mada

Plummer (poet, LA), Keith Clayton (vibrphonist, LA), Karen Celestan (poet,

LA), Robin Harris Thompson (singer/poet, LA), Kyla Thompsom (9 year old

singer/poet, LA), Samara Jones (11 year old poet, LA), Michael Clatyon,

Valentine Pierce (poet, LA), Kerry Poree (poet, LA), Quo Vadis Gex Breaux

(poet, LA), Ted Graham (musician, LA), Gina Ferrera (poet, LA), Robert

Menuet (poet, LA), Clara Connell (poet, LA), plus more to be added plus

last minute special guest appearances.

EVENT SPONSORS:

the literary renaissance, White Fields Press, The Majic Bus, The Eisenhower

Center for American Studies at The University of New Orleans, TRIBE

Magazine, The New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, The Howlin Wolf Club,

EXQUISITE CORPSE Magazine, The City of New Orleans, The New Orleans Poetry

Forum.

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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 11:03:05 EST

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From: Rachel Ann Caldwell <caldwer1@TIPO.TRANSCRIPTS.COM>

Subject: lowell '96

Hello everyone!! Is anyone out there going to the festival in October this

year? I'm going, and have no idea what to expect (although I'm extremely

excited!!) - Rachel

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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 12:21:29 -0400

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From: Phil Chaput <Philzi@TIAC.NET>

Subject: Re: lowell '96

At 11:03 AM 7/11/96 EST, you wrote:

> Hello everyone!! Is anyone out there going to the festival in October

this

> year? I'm going, and have no idea what to expect (although I'm extremely

> excited!!) - Rachel

>Rachel, I go every year although I live in Lowell. Last year will be hard

to beat with Patti Smith as the featured performer but every year Lowell

Celebrates Kerouac seems to come up with a great lineup. Plans for this

years festival are not completed yet but when they are I will be posting

them to the beat-l list. Last year one of my favorite things was "Sebastian

Sampas lost poet" which was about Jack's boyhood spiritual brother and very

dear friend Sammy Sampas. Jack was influenced a lot by Sam and young Tony

Sampas turned up some poetry of his and also some correspondence to and from

Jack. It was a great reading with friends of Jack and Sam from those days

giving their input at the end of the show. Mark Hemenway does a great job

putting this festival together every year and I think if you can make it you

will really enjoy yourself. I will be posting the full schedule of events as

we get closer to the festival. If you send your snail mail address to me I

will make sure you get on the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Inc. mailing list.

Hope to see you there. Phil Chaput-Lowell,Mass.

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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 11:36:06 EST

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From: "J.D. P. Lafrance" <J.D._P._Lafrance@RIDLEY.ON.CA>

Organization: Ridley College

Subject: new email

i was told to pass along Ron Whitehead's new email address, apparently he hopes

to be back on by September after the RANT for renaissance... anyways, here it

is:

RWhiteBone@worldnet.att.net

dig it, cats...

JDL

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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 13:22:41 -0400

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From: Paul McDonald - Bon Air Branch <PAUL@LOUISVILLE.LIB.KY.US>

Subject: NEW ORLEANS BEAT EVENT

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Date: 96-07-10 23:43:41 EDT

From: RWhiteBone

To: hasan@mail.bbsnet.com

RANT for the renaissance, The Majic Bus, & TRIBE present VOICES WITHOUT

RESTRAINT 48-Hour Non-Stop Music & Poetry INSOMNIACATHON at The New Orleans

Contemporary Arts Center and The Howlin Wolf Club August 16-18

PERFORMERS:

Amiri Baraka (poet, NJ), David Amram (musician, NY), Diane di Prima (poet,

CA),

Ed Sanders (poet, NY), The Iguanas, Storeyville, E. Ethelbert Miller (poet,

D.C.), Willie Smith (poet, CA), WAMO (poet, TX), Robert Creeley (poet, NY),

Ramblin' Jack Elliott (musician, CA), Robert Palmer (writer), Nicole Blackman

(poet, NY), Hersch Silverman (poet, NJ) & Channel Nine (musicians, NY),

Douglas Brinkley (writer, LA), Steve Dalachinsky (poet, NY), Frank Messina &

Spoken Motion (poet/musicians, NY), Louis Bickett & The Cultural Mudding

Ritual (poet/artist, KY), Yusef Komunyakaa (poet), Richard Hell

(poet/musician, NY), Mark Reese (filmmaker: Premiere documentary on Jackie

Robinson), Chris Iovenko (filmmaker: Harry Crews documentary), MouthAlmighty

& Bob Holman's THE UNITED STATES OF POETRY (New Orleans Premiere), Chris

Felver (photographer/filmmaker, Premiere of Lawrence Ferlinghetti

documentary), The Amazing Chan Klan (pop, KY), The Black Pig Liberation Front

(multi-media band of future here now, NY), Grand Passion (new wave from

Northeast), Tyrone Cotton (blues), Susi Wood (KY mountain folk), Erik LaPrade

(poet, NY), Brian Foye (poet, writer/Founder Kerouac Festival, MA), John

Rechy (writer, CA), Andrei Codrescu (renaissance man, LA), Jay McInerney

(writer), William S. Burroughs II (live phone conversation), James Grauerholz

(writer, KA), Ron Seitz (poet/writer, AZ), Jim McCrary (poet, KA), Ron

Whitehead (poet/writer, KY), John Sinclair (poet/musician, LA), Dennis

Formento (poet/writer, LA), Eleven Eleven (guilt punk, KY), Sander Hicks

(playwright/publisher, NY), Soft Skull Press (NY), Little Molasses Theatre

Company (production of RAPID CITY, NY), Matt Kohn (poet/photographer, NY),

Kalamu Yasalaam (poet/musician, LA), Denis Mahoney (poet/musician, RI),

Arthur Pfister (poet, LA), Hozomeen Press (NYC, CT, RI), Pop rocket Records

(CT), Ring Tarigh (RI), White Fields Press (KY, TX), the literary renaissance

(KY), COMPOST Magazine (NY, MA), Ralph Adamo (poet, LA), W. Loran Smith

(poet, KY), Umar Aki Williams (poet, KY), rich Martin (poet/musician, CT),

Kent Fielding (poet, AK), Todd Colby (poet, NY), John Deer (low punk),

Anastosias Kozaitis (poet, NY), Kevin Gallagher (poet, NY), Casey Cyr (poet,

NY), Phil Paradis (poet, KY), Lori Turner (poet, KY), The New Orleans Poetry

Forum, MESECHABE (LA), SPLEEN (KY), GREENPEACE, Bops, Crack, Boom! Press

(KY), Al McLaughlin (OH), Jordan Green (poet, KY), Will Kotheimer

(poet/filmmaker, KY), Wendy-Charly Lemmon (poet, LA), Paul McDonald (poet,

KY), NEMO (poet, NY), Annie McClanahan (poet, KY), Mickey Hess (novelist,

KY), Michelle Fowler (poet, CO), Andrea Roney (poet, KY), Heather Kolf (poet,

KY), IMPALA SUPER (scruff punk), John Hagan (writer, KY), Mike Forman

(poet/musician, KY), Bruce Beroff (poet, KY), Jeff Eckman (poet, KY), Debi

Coombs (poet, KY), J.B. Wilson (poet, KY), Kevin Coombs (poet, KY), Rebekah

Reeves (poet, KY), Paul Levitch (poet, KY), Luke Buckman (poet, KY), Deirdre

Skaggs (poet, KY), Gui Stuart (poet, KY), Amanda Hammons (poet, KY), David

Minton (poet, KY), Kelly Render (blues & country musician, KY), Matthew

Osborn (poet, KY), Randall Keenan (poet), Jason Powell (poet, KY), Cotton

Seiler (poet, KA), Michael Leonard (writer, NY), Allison Bona (poet, KY),

Aaron May (poet, KY), Margie Nicoll (poet, MA), Marina Karides (poet, MA),

Danielle Legros Georges (poet, NY), John Ryan (poet, MA), Seth Cohen (poet,

KY), Chris Kubicek (poet, FL), Reverend Jayne Praxis (poet, KY), Kirstin

Ogden (poet, AK), Gene Simmons (poet, AK), Kevin Johnson (poet, LA), Lee Grue

(poet/musician, LA), TRIBE Performers, Dorothy Henriques (playwright, LA),

Paul Chasse (poet/moto-biker), LA), Dr. Ahmos Zu-Bolton, LA), Christine

Trimbo (poet, LA), David Rowe (poet, LA), Dr. Jerry McGuire (poet, LA), Anne

Marie (poet, LA), John Bigunet (poet, LA), Cynthia Hogue (poet, LA), Kerry

Poree (poet, LA), Barbara Lamont (poet/singer, LA), Nancy Harris (poet, LA),

Dell Hall (poet, LA), Ben Gunn (poet/musician, LA) Andrea Gereighty (poet,

LA), Bonnie Fastring (poet, LA), Nancy Cotton (poet, LA), Chris Champagne

(poet, LA), Stan Bemis (poet, LA), Rene Broussard (video artist, LA), Mada