The Zevon economia remind me I've just picked up a UK double
volume of Gil Scott-Heron's novels THE VULTURE (1970) and THE
NIGGER FACTORY (1972). THE VULTURE, published simultaneously
with his first volume of poetry (and therefore about the same
time as his first rap and jazz/pop album? --Yes, rap
considerably predates Grandmaster Flash, though the likes of
NPR and ROLLING STONE seem willfully unaware of this, even if
the television advertisers who rented "The Revolution Will
Not Be Televised" are not), seems like it may be
hardboiled...and while it's the work of a very young GS-H, it
may well be valuable. Particularly for those who're looking
for contemporaries of Donald Goines. (The other book is
apparently an indictment of schools such as Lincoln
University, currently fighting legal actions to keep control
of a large endowment of paintings and other art.) Will
report. TM
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