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Russell Banks at the Kerouac Literary Festival

October 2, 2010 by DickH Posted in Culture, Lowell Leave a Comment

This past Thursday night I attended one of the opening events of the Kerouac Literary Festival at the UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center (formerly known as the Doubletree Hotel). Novelist Russell Banks, the author of a dozen major books and a three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction,…

Author Russell Banks at the Kerouac Festival, Sept. 30

September 19, 2010 by PaulM Posted in History, Lowell, Culture, Education Leave a Comment

Acclaimed author Russell Banks will talk about Jack Kerouac and read from his own fiction on Thursday, Sept. 30, 7 pm, at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center. His novels include “Continental Drift,” “Affliction,” “Cloudsplitter,” and “The Reserve.” A book-signing will follow. Admission is free for students and seniors;…