Dr. Neal Hall, aka Dr. Nigger, will read with Marvin X on Friday, Nov. 16, 3pm at Black and Nobel Books, 1411 West Erie Ave, Philadelphia PA.
Mr. Marvin X:
Great read and great job Mr. Marvin "Human Earthquake" X. I would love to read with you and to read Dr. Nigger during your stay in Philadelphia. I understand that you may be speaking at Temple University. I would be honored to read with you....
...That reading of my poems 911, 24-7 put me on the poetic map in Philadelphia. I read it in Bali, Indonesia at the 9th Ubud Writer & Readers International Festival and it brought the international house down.
I look forward to hearing from you. In any event, it will be my pleasure and honor to come and hear you speak at Temple University.
Neal Hall, M.D.
Dr. Nigger
Dr. Nigger
Can you cure me without
touching me with nigga hands
touching me with nigga hands
Can you save my life
without changing my life
without changing my life
Can you dance soft-shoe while
humming those negro tunes
when my white life codes blue
humming those negro tunes
when my white life codes blue
Can you reach inside yourself
beyond the shit we put in you…
past painful moments we put in you…
past despair and hopelessness
we’ve put in you and
find that old black magic in you
to save my life without changing
all the shit we put in you
beyond the shit we put in you…
past painful moments we put in you…
past despair and hopelessness
we’ve put in you and
find that old black magic in you
to save my life without changing
all the shit we put in you
Dr. Nigger
Can you breathe in me
air free of nigga
from a nigger not free
to breathe in free air
air free of nigga
from a nigger not free
to breathe in free air
Can you stay on the colored side
of the color line and reach across
without touching me with nigga hands
to restart my blue heart without
changing my cold heart
of the color line and reach across
without touching me with nigga hands
to restart my blue heart without
changing my cold heart
Can you reach past the life
we’ve taken from you to
save my life and not
let white life pass me by
we’ve taken from you to
save my life and not
let white life pass me by
Dr. Nigger
save my life
without taking my life
without taking my life
Cure me without
touching me with nigga hands
touching me with nigga hands
Dance soft-shoe while
humming negro tunes
while you save my life
without changing my life
when my white life codes blue
humming negro tunes
while you save my life
without changing my life
when my white life codes blue
Neal Hall, M.D., Copyright 2009
Dr. Neal Hall
*Neal Hall, M.D., graduate of Cornell and Harvard, ophthalmologist and poet, has published a critically acclaimed anthology of verse, Nigger for Life, reflecting his painful, later life discovery, that in “unspoken America,” race is the one thing on which he is first judged; by which he is first measured; first, against which his life and accomplishments are metered diminished value, dignity, equality and justice.
All of which have everything to do with accessing choice, opportunity, power and freedom in America.
Cornel West, Ph.D., (Princeton University) said of Nigger for Life, “Dr. Hall is a warrior of the spirit, a warrior of the mind, an activist, a poet … his poetry has the capacity to change ordinary people’s philosophy on social and racial issues.”
Nigger for Life’s candid, gut wrenching clarity gives it it’s tremendous power and impact to provoke both thought and honest dialog regarding race, racism, equality and freedom, not just in America, but throughout the world.
The book’s unique ability to open minds, touch hearts and change philosophies of people is immeasurable.
For more info, visit: www.surgeon-poet.com/
Read more at http://www.eurweb.com/2010/12/dr-neal-halls-thought-provoking-new-book-nigger-for-life-available-now/#AQgLoFpOewkhu7XV.99
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