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Lionel Murcott performing his poetry at the Melville Poetry Festival, 2013. |
This morning I read on Facebook about the passing of South African artist and poet Lionel Murcott, a truly gentle, creative soul. I had published his work in various issues of my literary journal Green Dragon, and also in a small anthology called Electric Juice. When I was the editor of New Coin, from 2014 to 2016, he allowed me to use his artwork for the covers, free of charge. He also read and performed his work at various venues, such as James de Villiers's Gallery 111 in Kensington, Johannesburg, and at the Melville Poetry Festival in 2012 and 2013.
Our condolences to his family.
