Al Sublette, immortalized by Jack Kerouac as Al Damlette / Mal Damlette in “Big Sur,” “Desolation Angels,” “Tristessa,” and “Book of Dreams,” a Merchant Marine friend of Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac, here in Allen’s apartment, 1010 Montgomery Street, North Beach, San Francisco summer 1955. Dinah Washington ‘Jams’ over his shoulder, her 1954 Los Angeles live show had just been released in early 1955. (photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University / Allen Ginsberg Estate)
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