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Beyond Baroque Presents guest GERALD NICOSIA

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Join Richard Modiano as he talks GERALD NICOSIA about

ONE AND ONLY: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ON THE ROAD

ONE AND ONLY: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ON THE ROAD WITH GERALD NICOSIA
Discover the Hidden History of the Girl Who Went On the Road with Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady
Beat historian GERALD NICOSIA spent years looking for LU ANNE HENDERSON, the woman who started JACK KEROUAC and NEAL CASSADY on their journey, because he knew that if not for her, the two men wouldn’t have taken the road trip that became On the Road. With the help of Lu Anne’s daughter Anne Marie Santos, Nicosia tells the story of the beautiful 15-year-old girl who loved both men, and taught them how to love each other, in ONE AND ONLY: The Untold Story of On The Road, being published by Viva Editions in November.

Nicosia had interviewed Henderson in 1978, when she was 47 and he was just in his early 20s,

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