'Letters' @ the Ransom Center
Ever wish that you could peer into the personal lives of famed Beat writers such as Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady or William Burroughs? With the help of Erica Lies’ newest addition to the Ransom Center’s Beat Voices series, “Letters,” audiences might feel as though they’ve stepped back in time and into the shoes of some of America’s best writers. Lies’ short scripted piece “Letters” bases its material upon snippets of letters from various Beats to one another and their families. These letters are juxtaposed with the jazz and poetry of the time, illustrating the world in which these artists existed and the international community that emerged as a result. 1 and 3 p.m. Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe streets. Free. 471-8944, www.hrc.utexas.edu. — Shannon McGarvey (Originally featured in the Austin American-Statesman and on Austin360.com)
Peter Orlovsky and Allen Ginsberg in India, 1962 (courtesy of the Ransom Center)
