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Thursday 26 August 2021

'Letters To Gil' By Malik Al Nasir - Published in the UK on the 2nd Sep' 2021.

 

'Letters To Gil'
By 
Malik Al Nasir

‘A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic figure’. IRENOSEN OKOJIE





'In Letters to Gil, you will be spirited away too, as I have been. You will learn much about Gil Scott-Heron, but it is Malik’s story that transfixes me in its glittering eye'. LEMN SISSAY.

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Published in the UK on the 2nd Sep' 2021 

by the William Collins imprint of HarperCollins.

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Letters to Gil is Malik Al Nasir’s profound coming of age memoir – the story of surviving physical and racial abuse and discovering a new sense of self-worth under the wing of the great artist, poet and civil rights activist Gil Scott-Heron.

Born in Liverpool, Malik was taken into care at the age of nine after his seafaring father became paralysed. He would spend his adolescence in a system that proved violent, neglectful, exploitative, traumatising and mired in abuse. Aged eighteen, he emerged semi-literate, penniless with no connections or sense of where he was going – until a chance meeting with Gil Scott-Heron.

Letters to Gil will tell the story of Malik’s empowerment and awakening while mentored by Gil, from his introduction to the legacy of Black history to the development of his voice through poetry and music. Written with lyricism and power, it is a frank and moving memoir, highlighting how institutional racism can debilitate and disadvantage a child, as well as how mentoring, creativity, self-expression and solidarity helped him to uncover his potential.


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Hard Back

ISBN: 9780008464431

ISBN 10: 000846443X

Imprint: William Collins

On Sale: September 2, 2021

Trimsize: 159x240mm

Pages: 336 pages

List Price: £20.00

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E-Book

ISBN: 9780008464455

ISBN 10: 0008464456

Imprint: William Collins

On Sale: September 2, 2021

Pages: 336 pages

List Price: £11.99

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Audiobook

ISBN: 9780008464462

ISBN 10: 0008464464

Imprint: William Collins

On Sale: September 2, 2021

Pages: 578 minutes

List Price: £12.99

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