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REGARDING HIBISCUS, THE FLOWER POWER MAN

Robert Heide·December 18, 2017

Warhol associate and playwright Robert Heide recalls Hibiscus, an icon of gay culture By Robert Heide In the late...

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Jack Kerouac based his muse/lover “Mardou Fox” in The Subterraneans on Alene Lee, a mixed race (Black/Cherokee) bohemian writer and intellectual who was a part of the NYC Beat circle of Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Lucien Carr. Despite her intimate connection to these writers, the real Alene Lee is nowhere to be found in most accounts and biographies—partly due to her own reticence to speak. Erika Blair did some digging and presents a more rounded portrait of this fascinating woman. Read more!

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Robert Heide

REGARDING HIBISCUS, THE FLOWER POWER MAN

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