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NJCher

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5. my student posed for a pic with him

Reply to gwheezie (Original post)

Thu Jan 9, 2014, 06:38 PM

Jan 2014

He was writing a paper on him and happened to have a chance encounter with him at a bar in Newark. Can't recall the name now, but it should come back to me.

I will see if I can post the pic later.

Sorry he's gone. I enjoyed his work very much and my students and I had great times working with "Somebody Blew Up America."

Here's a story done by our public radio station.

Cher

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Amiri Baraka died, rip, great activist and human [View all] gwheezie Jan 2014 OP

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A very generous human being gwheezie Jan 2014 #2

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Farewell, Poet. nolabear Jan 2014 #4

my student posed for a pic with him NJCher Jan 2014 #5

Rest in peace, wonderful poet LiberalEsto Jan 2014 #6