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jack kerouac locations

Posted on May 8, 2013 by peter bell

Born Jean-Louis Kerouac on March 12, 1922 to French-Canadian parents in the second-story apartment of a Lowell, MA home, Jack Kerouac became one of the preeminent writers (along with Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs) of what was later dubbed “the Beat generation.” Before beatniks or hippies or even punk rock- this group of writers, […]

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janis joplin locations

Posted on March 6, 2013 by peter bell

Janis Lyn Joplin was born on January 19, 1943 in Port Arthur, TX.  The daughter of a Texaco engineer and a college registrar (Seth and Dorothy Joplin, respectively), Janis attended church, sang in the choir, and grew into an awkward teen that loved the blues.  She left Port Arthur to attend college in Beaumont and […]

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