Name: Talking Jack Poetics. Hosted by poet A. Logan Hill and guests
Start: 2025-10-11T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-11T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Pollard Memorial Library

11:00 am–1:00 pm. Talking Jack Poetics. Hosted by poet A. Logan Hill and guests. This is an open conversation about Jack Kerouac’s poems and poetic being. We will talk about his poetic mind and influences, his love for spontaneity and music and prose, the visions behind Mexico City Blues, his American Haiku, the Koans, and his other poems and poetic ephemera. We will discuss his poeticism as an athlete and traveler, his spiritual connectedness to Zen Buddhism and other ancient teachings, exploring the value and importance of nature and kindness, empathy, the bodily presence, getting at the ancient art and root of what it means to be a truth-teller, a writer, a poet—waking to see the world go wild, to dig the music, to dream the miracle, and possibly even, go mad.
Pollard Memorial Library, Community Room, ground floor, 401 Merrimack St.
www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org