[Dixielandjazz] Ted Joans Lives

[Charlie Hooks]

on 5/18/03 9:46 AM, Stephen Barbone at barbonestreet at earthlink.net wrote:

> Mr. Joans recited his poems in New York coffeehouses. George Bowering,
> poet laureate of Canada, recalls that "he used to rent himself out to
> upper-middle-class parties as a beatnik."

    Someone has taken this idea to new heights at the following website:

            www.Rent-A-Negro.com

    Check it out and be sure to follow all the links: they're hilarious.

Charlie