The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader
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Imprint: Basic Books
(Nov 22, 1999)
Poetry, Paperback, 624 pages
Publisher: Perseus Books
ISBN: 9781560252382
Poetry, Paperback, 624 pages
Publisher: Perseus Books
ISBN: 9781560252382
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Description of The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader
Amiri Baraka - dramatist, poet, essayist, orator, and fiction writer - is one of the preeminent African-American literary figures of our time. The Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader provides the most comprehensive selection of Baraka’s work to date, spanning almost 40 years of a brilliant, prolific, and controversial career, in which he has produced more than 12 books of poetry, 26 plays, eight collections of essays and speeches, and two books of fiction. This updated edition contains over 50 pages of previously unpublished work, as well as a chronology and full bibliography.
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AALBC.com mourns the loss of Amiri Baraka (https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Amiri+Baraka) Nov 9, 2014).
More on the Black Arts Movement: https://aalbc.com/authors/blackartsmovement.htm
Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet. Exhibit at Zambezi Bazaar in conjunction with the Leimert Park Book Fair.
Amiri Baraka is one of the most prolific African American writers of the 20th century. He is an acclaimed poet and the Obie-winning playwright of Dutchman. His long list of writing credits includes: Blues People; Home; Social Essays; Black Fire; Selected Poetry of Amiri Baraka / LeRoi Jones and Selected Plays and Prose of Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones. He continues to be active in the struggle against racism and capitalism, to organize artists, and to participate in the struggle for Black Liberation. Produced by AALBC.com
More on the Black Arts Movement: https://aalbc.com/authors/blackartsmovement.htm
Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet. Exhibit at Zambezi Bazaar in conjunction with the Leimert Park Book Fair.
Amiri Baraka is one of the most prolific African American writers of the 20th century. He is an acclaimed poet and the Obie-winning playwright of Dutchman. His long list of writing credits includes: Blues People; Home; Social Essays; Black Fire; Selected Poetry of Amiri Baraka / LeRoi Jones and Selected Plays and Prose of Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones. He continues to be active in the struggle against racism and capitalism, to organize artists, and to participate in the struggle for Black Liberation. Produced by AALBC.com
