Raymond Moody died at age 40, in 1968. Research turns up no evidence that he published any poetry in his short life, much of which he spent in prison — but he did leave some raw, very moving recordings of himself reading his work. A year after his death, his aunt, Sadie Matthews, a singer and dancer in Newark, paid for an LP of these to be released as a posthumous tribute.

Raymond Moody - Slum Flower

Raymond Moody died at age 40, in 1968. Research turns up no evidence that he published any poetry in his short life, much of which he spent in prison — but he did leave some raw, very moving recordings of himself reading his work. A year after his death, his aunt, Sadie Matthews, a singer and dancer in Newark, paid for an LP of these to be released as a posthumous tribute. Read more: https://hidingpress.com/files/slum-flower

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