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Frank Lucas Told Me Not to Forgive Anyone
So I never forgave him. Asked to say some kind words at his funeral, I respectfully declined. Here is the eulogy I should have delivered.
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When You’re 29 and Have a Broadway Sensation
With the incendiary ‘Slave Play,’ Jeremy O. Harris became…