Andre Dubus III

Notable fiction writers Ann Hood (“The Red Thread”), Tom Perrotta (“Little Children”), Anita Shreve (“A Change of Altitude”), and Andre Dubus III (“The Garden of Last Days”) will talk about “Art and Commerce” at the Jack Kerouac Literary Festival on Saturday, Oct. 2, at 4.30 pm, at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center, 50 Warren Street, Lowell. The event is free and open to the public. Andre Dubus III of the UMass Lowell English Dept. and current Nancy L. Donahue Professor of the Arts will moderate the discussion. For the full schedule, visit www.uml.edu/artsandideas or www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org