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Johnny Rotten, My Mom and Me

Kimberly Mack, Longreads, February 2019

Kimberly Mack recalls the ways in which rock music bonded her with her African American mom, and how those fierce sounds helped them cope with the poverty, violence, and despair both outside and inside their Brooklyn home.

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