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(1957-2021) Journalist, critic. Greg Tate was born in Dayton, Ohio, and died in New York City.

Full Name

Greg Tate

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1957

BIRTH

Gregory Stephen Tate was born in Dayton, Ohio, on October 14, 1957.

1982

RESIDENCE

Mr. Tate moved to New York City in about 1982 and lived many years in Harlem.

1987

OTHER

Mr. Tate became a staff writer for The Village Voice in 1987.

1992

LITWORK

Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America
Simon & Schuster
0671729659 / 978-0671729653
Collection of essays.

2003

LITWORK

Everything But the Burden: What White People Are Taking From Black Culture
Broadway
0767908082 / 978-0767908085
Collection of Black writings edited by Mr. Tate.

2003

LITWORK

Midnight Lightning: Jimi Hendrix and the Black Experience
Chicago Review Press
1556524692 / 978-1556524691
Nonfiction.

2009

OTHER

Mr. Tate was a visiting professor at Columbia University in 2009.

2016

LITWORK

Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader
Duke University Press
0822361800 / 978-0822361800
Nonfiction.

2021

DEATH

Greg Tate died in New York City on December 7, 2021.

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