On the Road Reading Marathon October 24, 2009

Stranger than Fiction Books will be hosting a 12-hour reading marathon for Jack Kerouac’s book On The Road. Jack Kerouac passed away 40 years ago on October 21st, 1969. The 12-hour reading will kick off on October 24th, 2009 @ 10am. Sign-ups start now! Each reader will get 20 minutes at the mic.

On the Road is a stream-of-consciousness novel, written in 20 days in New York and became a cult hit that inspired the beatnik movement. Kerouac was buzzing on coffee and Benzedrine at the time he wrote his novel, banging out his thoughts on his portable Underwood typewriter. Kerouac typed the manuscript on what he called "the scroll"; a continuous, one hundred and twenty-foot scroll of tracing paper sheets that he cut to size and taped together. The roll was typed single-spaced, without margins or paragraph breaks. His novel is based on his experiences he had while on a cross-country trek with his friend Neal Cassady. The spontaneous road trip was fueled by sex, drugs, alcohol, and jazz. Kerouac based the characters on himself and his friends, heralding a group of friends who later became “The Beats”.

Join us! Jazz & Coffee on the house!

CALL NOW! Sign-ups fill up fast!

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