A critic whose writing was nearly music itself, Greg Tate who died this week at 64 influenced generations of writers. His colleagues, peers and followers offer a guide to his essential works.
A critic whose writing was nearly music itself, Greg Tate who died this week at 64 influenced generations of writers. His colleagues, peers and followers offer a guide to his essential works.
Greg Tate was the coolest person I ever met. As I write this I feel like a teenager, leaning wonderstruck into the corner of the school stairwell as my
Greg Tate was the coolest person I ever met. As I write this I feel like a teenager, leaning wonderstruck into the corner of the school stairwell as my
Tate, a journalist and critic, wrote for The Village Voice, Rolling Stone and other publications. He later switched to books; his first, “Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America,” catalyzed a generation of young writers of color with its vivid language, easy erudition and kaleidoscopic range.