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JABBERJAW: WHEN AN L.A. CLUB CREATED ITS OWN SCENE

Lucretia Tye Jasmine·October 1, 2019

What started as an all-ages coffee bar and acoustic venue in 1989 turned into a must-play showcase for...

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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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