Cathy Cassady: Rewriting the Beat Generation

Time: Sept. 27, 2019, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Location: Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library

Cathy Cassady

Cassady shares stories about her mother and father, Carolyn and Neal Cassady, who were key sources of inspiration in novels like Jack Kerouac’s On the Road and Allen Ginsberg’s poetry. In particular, she will discuss the unpublished poetry, fiction, memoir of her mother that are candid about domestic and workplace abuse that has become more visible in light of the #MeToo Movement.

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Sean Conrey, English and Textual Studies