Jack Kerouac event 9-22

JACK KEROUAC CELEBRATION ***
panel discussion & booksigning celebrating the 50th anniversay of "On
the Road"
Saturday, September 22 at 7 pm

In September of 1957, Viking published "On the Road." Fifty years
later, the world celebrates the legacy of Jack Kerouac with a panel
discussion composed of John Leland, author of the just released "Why
Kerouac Matters" (hardcover, $23.95); Joyce Johnson, Kerouac's one-
time companion and the author of the National Book Critic's Circle
Award winning "Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir" (softcover, $15.00);
Michael McClure, the acclaimed Beat poet and longtime Booksmith
customer who was fictionalized in Kerouac's work; Barry Gifford,
acclaimed novelist, screenwriter and co-author of "Jack's Book: An
Oral Biography Of Jack Kerouac" (softcover, $15.95); and local writer
Suzanne Kleid, who will be reading from the just released City Light's
publication "You'll Be Okay: My Life With Jack Kerouac" (softcover,
$15.95), by Edie Kerouac-Parker.

Also for sale at this special San Francisco event will be two other
new books, "On the Road: 50th Anniversary Edition" (hardcover, $24.95)
and "On the Road: The Original Scroll" (hardcover, $25.95).

*** This special San Francisco celebration will take place at the All
Saints Church (1350 Waller) in the City's Haight Ashbury neighborhood.
For further information, call 415-863-8688. This special event is
sponsored by The Booksmith, City Lights, and Viking Penguin.