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Marathon Reading of On The Road Saturday, March 29, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

The Harry Ransom Center hosts a marathon reading of Jack Kerouac's masterpiece On the Road, with author Spike Gillespie serving as emcee.

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The Mike Wallace Interview

Watch broadcast journalist Mike Wallace's interviews from the television program The Mike Wallace Interview. Wallace donated the show's footage on 16mm kinescope to the Ransom Center in the early 1960s. Most episodes have not been seen since they aired.

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A first edition of Jack Kerouac's On the Road (New York: Viking, 1957).

Location

Spider House Café
2908 Fruth Street

The event is free, but limited seating is available.


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