Oakland author Nina G. reads from her new book “Bay Area Stand-Up Comedy,” which she co-wrote with co-author OJ Patterson. It came out on February 14, 2022. This passage is about the time in October of 1961 when Lenny Bruce was arrested on obscenity charges after a show in North Beach.
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