Writer Hettie Jones continues to influence

If you walk past Hettie Jones on the street, you might think to yourself she is probably a sweet grandma. And she is. But Hettie is so much more. After college, she met and married poet and fellow writer LeRoi Jones. As writers, Hettie and LeRoi went on to become two of the prominent figures of the Beat scene in the 1950s and 1960s. The couple created a literary magazine called Yugen publishing the poetry and writings of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and others. The two pioneers of the Beat Generation became their friends.