Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises
# Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises

Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises is a 2004 collection of essays by Miles Marshall Lewis. It was published by Akashic Books.

## Contents

### I. Memory Lanes, Gun Hill Roads

* Bronx Science
* Famous Negro Writer #77
* The Suckerpunch of My Childhood Files
* Mama's Gun
* Worldwide Underground

### II. The Def of Hiphop

* Peace, Unity, Love, Having Fun
* Notes Toward a Hiphop Politick
   * Appeared first in 2003 in The Nation under the title "Russell Simmons's Rap."
* Spelmo Babies and Other Bourgeois Ephemera
   * Appeared first in 1997 in LA Weekly under the title "All About the Benjamins."
* Go Make of All Disciples
* Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises
* Another Great Day in Harlem
   * Appeared first in 1998 in XXL under the title "Hip-Hop America."
