The Kerouac marathon will run from 10 am to 10 pm on Wednesday, September 5. The event takes place at Olive That & More in Lowell. It's free.

Break out the bongo drums! Serious fans of Jack Kerouac's On the Road are engaging in a 12-hour reading of the book on September 5, which is the 50th anniversary of the book's publication.

Local poets, teachers, dee jays, fans, and actors will flock to Lowell, Kerouac's hometown, to celebrate the book. Readers include Dave McLaughlin, who made On Broadway, prof/poet/classical critic Lloyd Schwartz, and poet/Dig writer Charles Coe. That's just the tip of the iceberg.

Each reader has been assigned a chapter, or a portion of a chapter if it's especially long. Since the event is so long and 48 readers will be taking part, we've included the full list of readers after the jump if you want to see a specific person or hear a single chapter but don't feel like devoting 12 hours to the event. Depending on the artistic license of the readers, don't expect everything to start on time.

Image of Jack Kerouac at work by Fred DeWitt.

10 am, September 5
Part One
Chapter 1 - John Sampas, Jack Kerouac Estate Adminstrator
Chapter 2 - Russell Brand, English radio and TV personality, BBC producer
Chapter 3 - Dave McLaughlin, filmmaker, On Broadway

11 am
Chapter 4 - Lloyd Schwartz, poet, UMass Boston Professor, Pulitzer Prize winner, Boston Phoenix classical editor and NPR contributor
Chapter 5 - Sharon Shaloo, Executive Director of Massachusetts Center for the Book
Chapter 6 - Phoebe Wray, Boston Conservatory Teacher and actor
Chapter 7 - Michael Hoerman, Lowell poet

12 noon
Chapter 8 - Mary Curtin, Charlestown-based theater producer and musician
Chapter 9 - Kathy Devlin, Museum Studies Graduate Student
Chapter 10 - Emily Singer, comic
Chapter 11 - JJ Rassler, musician (DMZ, the Odds, Downbeat 5) and Rounder Records executive

1 pm
Chapter 11 (cont.) Elaine M. Seidel, UMass Lowell IT Department
Chapter 11 (cont.) LZ Nunn, Executive Director, Cultural Organization of Lowell (COOL)
Chapter 12 - Steve Eddinston, UMass Lowell Professor and author of The Beat Face of God: The Beat Generation as Spirit Guide
Chapter 13 - Kristen Kissinger, WBOS DJ

2 pm
Chapter 13 - Dana Marshall, WBOS Music Director
Chapter 13 (cont.) Maureen Chase, Photographer and Spirit Song teacher
Part Two
Chapter 9 - Patrick Pierce, Lowell visual artist
Chapter 10 - Cheryl Eagan-Donovan, filmmaker, All Kindsa Girls

3 pm
Chapter 11 - Meg Holmes, Kerouac fan
Part Three
Chapter 1 - Jay Sweet, Editor-at-large, Paste Magazine
Chapter 2 - Stephen Croke, Lowell filmmaker The Busker
Chapter 2 (cont.) Stacie Hargis , UMass Lowell graduate student
Chapter 3 - Lawrence Carradini, Lowell poet and Director of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac

4 pm
Chapter 3 (cont.) - Meg Smith, Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Board Member
Chapter 4 - William Turville, sculptor/architect
Chapter 4 (cont.) Barbara Lynne, Kerouac fan
Chapter 5 - Mary Kostman, visual artist

5 pm
Chapter 6 - Linda C. Carpenter, Director of Advancement American Textile Museum
Chapter 7 - Linda Poras, Executive Director Brush Art Gallery and Studios
Chapter 8 - Kate (Velten) Hemenway, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. consultant
Chapter 9 - Mark Hemenway, Kerouac fan

6 pm
Chapter 9 (cont.) Chantal, Kerouac fan
Chapter 10 - Pamala Dixon, actor, Lowell Image Theater
Chapter 11 - Jerry Bisantz, Actor, Director of Image Theater
Part Four
Chapter 1 - David Robinson, Lowell poet, writer

7 pm
Chapter 2 - Jason Eisenberg, spoken word artist, musician
Chapter 3 - Robert Forrant, UMass Lowell Professor, Regional Economic and Social Studies Department
Chapter 3 (cont.) Paul Marion, Franco-American writer, UMass Lowell Community Relations Director
Chapter 4 - Hillary Holladay, UMass Lowell Professor, Director of Jack and Stella Kerouac Center for American Studies

8 pm
Chapter 4 (cont.) K J Nutter, Kerouac fan
Chapter 5 - Charles Coe, poet
Chapter 5 (cont.) Leanne Tremblay, Revolving Museum Gallery Administrator
Chapter 5 (cont.) Judi Lemoine, Lowell visual artist
Chapter 5 (cont.) Judy Pistacchio Bessette, Italian Cultural Heritage Specialist
Chapter 6 - Nancy Herbstman - Lowell Celebrates Kerouac member

9 pm
Chapter 6 (cont.) John Maguire, artist
Part Five
Chapter 1 Paul Schor, Lowell attorney