Herbert Huncke's 'Elsie John' read by Leslie Winer

Scan of full text of the 1979 Pequod Press release of 'Elsie John and Joey Martinez' here: huncketeacompany.com/elsie-john-joey-martinez
Elsie John was a (self-described) hermaphrodite carnival performer who Herbert became friends with as a 15 year old boy in Chicago 1929.
Born in 1915, Herbert Huncke died in 1996. He had a direct & long-lasting influence on Kerouac, Ginsberg & Burroughs (according to all 3) & originally coined the term 'Beat'.
Kerouac called Huncke “the greatest storyteller I know, an actual genius at it, in my mind.”
Check out HunckeTeaCompany.com for more photos, letters & writings of Herbert Huncke.
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