GIL SCOTT-HERON: LETTERS FROM MY BETTERS

I’ve been gone from home, more or less continuously, since May 18th, and I simply haven’t had the physical or mental time to write much about the passing of GSH. Luckily, there’s no shortage of great, thoughtful tributes being written by others:1 Michael Barnes dedicated yesterday’s Melting Pot show to a two hour GSH tribute. Adam Mansbach writes about “the depth of his self-analysis, the delicacy of his portraiture.” Jonny Paycheck argues that by battling with his addiction, “[...

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