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2 unusual facts about Edie Parker


Edie Parker

Edie Kerouac-Parker (1922–1993) was the first wife of Jack Kerouac, and the author of the memoir You'll Be Okay, about her life with Kerouac and the early days of the Beat Generation.

She and Joan Vollmer shared an apartment on 118th Street in New York City, frequented by many Beats, among them Vollmer's eventual husband William S. Burroughs.



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