Saturday, August 24, 2024

Remembering Hettie Jones

 


Hettie Jones

I just learned from my great friend Richard Marsh that poet/writer Hettie Jones died on August 13. She never appeared in a Jack Kerouac work, but her husband, LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka), appeared in Lonesome Traveler under his own name.

Jones published many of the Beat writers, including Kerouac, in her poetry magazine, Yugen, established with her husband. She went on to publish others in Totem Press. A brief bio and one of her poems can be read HERE. In addition to her poetry, Jones published a couple of memoirs and several children's books.

RIP, Ms. Jones.







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