Annual LCK Parker Lecture by Paul Marion. Jack Kerouac’s Evolving Position in Lowell, 1950 to 2023.

Paul, one of the founders of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac, will discuss the evolving public perception of 20th-century author Jack Kerouac in his hometown, examining the dynamic relationship between an innovative, news-making writer and the city that shaped him.

The editor of Kerouac’s early writing, “Atop an Underwood” (Viking/Penguin, 1999), Marion is the author of “Mill Power,” about the modern revival of Lowell, and several collections of poems. He lives in Amesbury, Massachusetts.

MCC Donahue Family Academic Arts Center. 240 Central Street. 

For more information: https://lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/events/the-2023-lowell-celebrates-kerouac-festival-october-5-9/.

This event is being promoted as part of the 2023 Lowell City of Learning Festival, which is a project under the fiscal sponsorship of the Greater Lowell Community Foundation.