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The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader
The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader Amiri Baraka 9781560252382 Poetry Basic Books Perseus Books Amiri Baraka - dramatist, poet, essayist, orator, and fiction writer - is one of the preeminent African-...
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka 0000000446460520 Amiri Baraka, also known as LeRoi Jones, was a prolific 20th-century African American writer, poet, and Obie-winning playwright. Known for works such as “Blues People” a...
Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet
Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet Poetry & Spoken Word AALBC.com mourns the loss of Amiri Baraka (https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Amiri+Baraka) Nov 9, 2014). More on the...
Transbluesency: The Selected Poetry of Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones)
Transbluesency: The Selected Poetry of Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) Amiri Baraka 9781568860138 Poetry Marsilio Publishers Marsilio Publishers The poems selected here span from Baraka’s first collection,...
Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka
Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka MULTIPLE Explore the life and works of Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka, influential figures in the 1967 Newark literary scene. Learn more about Larry Neal Learn more about Ami...
The Autobiography Of Leroi Jones
The Autobiography Of Leroi Jones Amiri Baraka 9780881910223 Nonfiction Lawrence Hill Books Lawrence Hill Books The complete autobiography of a literary legend. Poet, dramatist, nov...
VIDEO: Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet
VIDEO: Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet Troy Johnson Article Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary PoetExhibit at Zambezi Bazaar in conjunction with the Leimert Park Book Fair.Ami...
Brilliant Flame! Amiri Baraka: Poems, Plays, Politics for the People
Brilliant Flame! Amiri Baraka: Poems, Plays, Politics for the People Haki Madhubuti, Michael Simanga, Sonia Sanchez, and Woodie King 9780883783559 Poetry Third World Press Third World Press Brilliant ...
Amiri Baraka and Amina Baraka
Amiri Baraka and Amina Baraka MULTIPLE Amiri and Amina Baraka are renowned authors known for their profound contributions to literature and activism, using their work to inspire social change. Amiri ...
Ras Baraka
Ras Baraka NONE "Ras Baraka, son of famed poets and father of three, is a published author. His latest work, 'Black Girls Learn Love Hard', is a tribute to his late sister, Shani Baraka.” Ras Baraka ...
Howard Dodson, Amiri Baraka, Gail Lumet Buckley, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Annette Gordon-Reed
Howard Dodson, Amiri Baraka, Gail Lumet Buckley, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Annette Gordon-Reed MULTIPLE Prominent authors Howard Dodson, Amiri Baraka, Gail Lumet Buckley, Henry Louis Gates Jr., an...
Some Other Blues: New Perspectives on Amiri Baraka
Some Other Blues: New Perspectives on Amiri Baraka Jean-Philippe Marcoux 9780814257845 Nonfiction The Ohio State University Press The Ohio State University Press This collection of original essays bri...
Home: Social Essays (Renegade Reprint Series)
Home: Social Essays (Renegade Reprint Series) Amiri Baraka 9781933354675 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Jones/Baraka usually speaks as a Negroand always as an American. He is eloquent, he is bo...
Standing at the Scratch Line
Standing at the Scratch Line Guy Johnson Excerpt LeRoi picked up the rifle that was leaning against a root with its stock in the water. He checked the barrel carefully for obstructions, then mounted ...
S O S: Poems 1961-2013
S O S: Poems 1961-2013 Amiri Baraka 9780802123350 Poetry Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. A New York Times Editors’ ChoiceFusing the personal and the political in high-voltage verse, Amiri Baraka"who...
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka 9781574780390 Fiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing was origin...
A Black Fire!
A Black Fire! Ras Baraka 9781574781182 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press A Black Fire! was written and delivered by Ras Baraka at the home going celebration for his father, Amiri Bara...
Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music
Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music Amiri Baraka 9780520265820 Nonfiction University of California Press University of California Press For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka ...
Digging: The Afro-American Soul Of American Classical Music
Digging: The Afro-American Soul Of American Classical Music Amiri Baraka 9780520257153 Nonfiction University of California Press University of California Press For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka ...
Gayl Jones
Gayl Jones 0000000109336115 “Gayl Jones is an exceptionally talented writer.” —Robert Fleming Gayl Jones was born on November 23, 1949, in Lexington, Kentucky. Her father Franklin J...
Razor
Razor Amiri Baraka 9780883783009 Poetry Third World Press Third World Press Intended to cut clean through the oppression imposed upon the mainstream by society’s ""intellectual superstructure,"" this ...
Videos from the BEA 2008
Videos from the BEA 2008 Videos from the BEA 2008 Videos from the Book Expo America 2008 - African American Pavilion The Amiri Baraka Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet hosted ...
Blues People: Negro Music in White America
Blues People: Negro Music in White America Amiri Baraka 9780688184742 Nonfiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins "The path the slave took to ’citizenship’ is what I want to look at. And I make my analo...
Tales
Tales Amiri Baraka 9781617753954 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books A reissue of a 1967 story collection shows a mind in motion and graphs Baraka’s thoughts during that turbulent period.“Baraka’s sto...
What I’d Say: On Writing “Frankie Five Hundred”
What I’d Say: On Writing “Frankie Five Hundred” Michael A. Gonzales Article Recently my short story “Frankie Five Hundred” was published on the literary website Evergreen Review. Founded ...
Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story
Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story Robert Fleming Book Review Jazz is dead! If you believe that mess, you must not listen to radio or read any of the mainstream media. Howeve...
“Furious Flower” Conference Celebrates African American Poetry
“Furious Flower” Conference Celebrates African American Poetry Jamie Walker Article Harrisonburg, Virginia: Over sixty distinguished poets and scholars gathered to help set the agenda for African A...
Amiri Baraka Tribute at the HBF Newark
Amiri Baraka Tribute at the HBF Newark Author Interviews Amiri Baraka https://bit.ly/amiribaraka is honored by Talaam Acey, Kasim Allah, Mo Beasley, Earl Majette, Rain Maker, and others at the Harlem ...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2010): The Power of Voice
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2010): The Power of Voice Clarence V. Reynolds 21551758v2 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College Fall& /& Winter 2010 “The Power of ...
Black Music
Black Music Amiri Baraka 9781933354934 Nonfiction Akashic Books Akashic Books The long-awaited reissue (AkashiClassics: Renegade Reprint Series) of the sequel to Amiri Baraka’s seminal work, Blues Pe...
Tales of the Out & Gone
Tales of the Out & Gone Amiri Baraka 9781933354125 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Controversial literary legend Amiri Baraka’s new short story collection will shock and awe.
Confirmation: Anthology of African American Women
Confirmation: Anthology of African American Women Amiri Baraka 9780688015824 Fiction William Morrow HarperCollins Book by Baraka, Imamu Amiri
Abraham Chapman, James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Richard Wright, Lerone Bennett, and Malcolm X
Abraham Chapman, James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Richard Wright, Lerone Bennett, and Malcolm X MULTIPLE
Confirmation: An Anthology of African American Women
Confirmation: An Anthology of African American Women Amiri Baraka and Amina Baraka 9780688015800 Fiction William Morrow HarperCollins
EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art
EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art Kellie Jones 9780822348733 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books A daughter of the poets Hettie Jones and Amiri Baraka, Kell...
Kim Jones
Kim Jones 0000000385386573 Kimberly Jones, an educator at Lawton Public Schools since 1998, is committed to community improvement. She has initiated numerous programs including “The Colors of Life,” ...
Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild
Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild MULTIPLE Authors Timothy B. Francis, Lisa Jones Johnson, Walter C. Jones, and Lisa Fairchild are recognized for their indiv...
Solomon Jones
Solomon Jones NONE Solomon Jones is a bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and community advocate who overcame adversity to succeed. He began his career writing articles while living in a sh...
African American Literary Theory: A Reader
African American Literary Theory: A Reader Winston Napier 9780814758106 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press African American Literary Theory: A Reader is the first volume to...
Amiri’s Birthday Wish
Amiri’s Birthday Wish Florenza Denise Lee 9781941328262 Fiction Words to Ponder Publishing Company Words to Ponder Publishing Company Do you like playing the Guessing Game? So does Amiri’s family, and...
Amiri’s Birthday Wish
Amiri’s Birthday Wish Florenza Denise Lee 9781941328279 Nonfiction Words to Ponder Publishing Company Words to Ponder Publishing Company Do you like playing the Guessing Game? Well, so does Amiri’s fa...
The System of Dante’s Hell (AkashiClassics: Renegade Reprint Series)
The System of Dante’s Hell (AkashiClassics: Renegade Reprint Series) Amiri Baraka 9781617753961 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "Much of the novel is an expression of the intellectual and moral lo...
Digging
Digging Robert Fleming Book Review The literary legacy of award-winning writer and poet Amiri Baraka continues to thrive as he releases another new book, Digging: The Afro-American Soul Of ...
Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones
Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones Carole Boyce-Davies 9780822341161 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books In Left of Karl Marx, Carole...
Patricia Spears Jones
Patricia Spears Jones 0000000031494569 Patricia Spears Jones, born in Arkansas, is the 2024 New York State Poet Laureate, a Jackson Poetry Prize laureate, and a cultural activist. An esteemed poet, p...
Van Jones
Van Jones 0000000120304157 Van Jones, a Yale-educated attorney, is a best-selling author, environmental activist, and White House policy advisor. Known as a social entrepreneur, CNN political contrib...
Leslie Jones
Leslie Jones 0000000447812524 Leslie Jones, born in 1967, is an award-nominated actress known for her work on Saturday Night Live and HBO Max series Our Flag Means Death. She's been recognized as one...
Clarence B. Jones
Clarence B. Jones 0000000036182118 AALBC mourns the passing of Clarence B. Jones Dr. Clarence Benjamin Jones (January 8, 1931 – May 22, 2026) the lawyer who served as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s pe...
Black Girls Learn Love Hard
Black Girls Learn Love Hard Ras Baraka 9780965830850 Poetry Moore Black Press Moore Black Press Ras Baraka’s "Black Girls Learn Love Hard" (Moore Black Press 2006) is more than a brother mourning the ...
Black American Short Stories (American Century Series)
Black American Short Stories (American Century Series) John Henrik Clarke 9780374523541 Fiction Hill and Wang Macmillan Publishers The success of John Henrik Clarke’s American Negro Short Stories, fir...
jessica Care moore
jessica Care moore 0000000043767122 jessica Care moore is an internationally renowned poet/ publisher/ activist/ rock star/ playwright and actor. She is a five-time Showtime at the Apollo winn...
Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition In African American Literature
Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition In African American Literature Gayl Jones 9780674530249 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press The powerful novelist here turns penetrating crit...
Terry Wells-Jones
Terry Wells-Jones NONE Terry Wells-Jones, a graduate from the University of Wisconsin, is a retired businesswoman and one of the first Black models of the 1960s. She broke barriers as the first woman...
Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land (Revised)
Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land (Revised) Wesley Brown and Amy Ling 9780892552771 Fiction Persea Books Persea Books The acclaimed multicultural fiction anthology, updated to include ...
Shine On: The Writings of Diane Oliver
Shine On: The Writings of Diane Oliver Michael A. Gonzales Article In 2021 my friend Paul Price was cleaning out a storage unit when he stumbled on collection of Black literature called Right On! A...
Amiri Baraka and the Congress of African People: History and Memory (2015)
Amiri Baraka and the Congress of African People: History and Memory (2015) Michael Simanga 9780230112155 Nonfiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publishers This important look at Congress of African P...
Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems
Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems Amiri Baraka 9780913441619 Poetry House of Nehesi Publishers House of Nehesi Publishers A new collection of poems.
The Essence of Reparations
The Essence of Reparations Amiri Baraka 9780913441602 Poetry House of Nehesi Publishers House of Nehesi Publishers A new collection of Essays on American history; Black studies; progressive political ...
Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture
Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture Howard Dodson, Amiri Baraka, Gail Lumet Buckley, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Annette Gordon-Reed 9780792269823 Nonfiction National Geographic Nation...
Black Voices
Black Voices Abraham Chapman, James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Richard Wright, Lerone Bennett, and Malcolm X 978045152782...
Performing Blackness: Enactments of African-American Modernism
Performing Blackness: Enactments of African-American Modernism Kimberly W. Benston 9780415009485 Nonfiction Routledge Routledge Performing Blackness offers a challenging interpretation of Black cultur...
Catch The Fire!!: A Cross-Generational Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry
Catch The Fire!!: A Cross-Generational Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry D-Knowledge 9781573226547 Poetry Riverhead Books Penguin Random House African-American poetry is an ever-growin...
Eulogies
Eulogies Amiri Baraka 9781568860077 Poetry Marsilio Publishers Marsilio Publishers eulogies for James Baldwin, Miles Davis, many more
Daggers and Javelins: Essays, 1974-1979
Daggers and Javelins: Essays, 1974-1979 Amiri Baraka 9780688034320 Poetry William Morrow HarperCollins
Dutchman and The Slave: Two Plays
Dutchman and The Slave: Two Plays Amiri Baraka 9780688210847 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins Centered squarely on the Negro-white conflict, both Dutchman and The Slave are literally shocking pl...
Kwasi Ramsey
Kwasi Ramsey NONE Baltimore-born author Kwasi Ramsey, winner of the CLA Margaret Walker and Red Sparrow Poetry Awards, is inspired by poets like Amiri Baraka and musicians such as Tupac Shakur. Kwasi...
Jean-Philippe Marcoux
Jean-Philippe Marcoux 0000000108385791 Jean-Philippe Marcoux is a Professor of American Literature at Laval University, specializing in African American literature, postmodernist fiction, poetry, and...
Brenda M. Greene
Brenda M. Greene 000000008095850X Dr. Brenda M. Greene is a respected professor, writer, and scholar, leading the Center for Black Literature and the National Black Writers Conference. She has contri...
Why No Confederate Statues in Mexico
Why No Confederate Statues in Mexico Ishmael Reed 9781771861854 Fiction Baraka Books Baraka Books The War of Rebellion still divides the United States. Some rebel generals, whom the famous pro-confede...
Approaches to Teaching Baraka’s Dutchman
Approaches to Teaching Baraka’s Dutchman Gerald L. Early 9781603293549 Nonfiction The Modern Language Association of America The Modern Language Association of America First performed in 1964, Amiri B...
Ishmael Reed – July 1-7, 1983, in Emeryville, California
Ishmael Reed – July 1-7, 1983, in Emeryville, California Reginald Martin Interview REGINALD MARTIN: Camus wrote in "Neither Victims nor Executioners" that the only really committed a...
The Birdcatcher
The Birdcatcher Gayl Jones 9780807029947 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press Publishers Weekly Top 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 “Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature.” —Imani Per...
The Culinary Art Portfolio of Josephine E. Jones
The Culinary Art Portfolio of Josephine E. Jones Wendy Jones 9781946348036 Nonfiction Ida Bell Publishing Ida Bell Publishing There is no one movie, song, or book that will make these troubled times d...
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir Saeed Jones 9781501132742 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. >From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-...
Keeping Up With The Jones
Keeping Up With The Jones Solomon Jones 9780975521908 Fiction Sola Productions, Inc. Sola Productions, Inc. Bernie Mac meets Dave Barry in Keeping Up With The Jones — a humorous look at marriage, fami...
Gregory S. Jones
Gregory S. Jones NONE Gregory S. Jones, co-founder of “The Paper Tiger” and co-author of “The Root Of All Evil,” plans to educate African-American communities about nationality and advocate for repar...
Saeed Jones
Saeed Jones 0000000365991477 Saeed Jones, award-winning author of 'Prelude to Bruise', is known for his work at BuzzFeed as an LGBT and Culture editor, as well as co-host of AM to DM. Born in Memphis...
Fearless Jones
Fearless Jones Thumper Book Review After 5 years, Walter Mosley has returned to the mystery scene with a new pair of crime solvers for his novel Fearless Jones. It’s as if Mosley had never said...
Q: The Autobio of Quincy Jones
Q: The Autobio of Quincy Jones Paige Turner Book Review The new book, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones reads almost like a fable or a fairy tale. The young Quincy Jones, with his twinkly eyes, wa...
Actress Tamala Jones The “Castle” Interview
Actress Tamala Jones The “Castle” Interview Kam Williams Interview Tamala Jones The “Castle” Interview Tamala Jones has created a varied career based on her prodigious talent, working steadily...
The Boys of Baraka
The Boys of Baraka Kam Williams the_bo3.jpg Film Review Kenya as Alternative to Mean Streets of Baltimore The Boys of Baraka Directed by Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady Genre: Documentary Runtime: 8...
Reflections! (paperback): Looking in the Mirror
Reflections! (paperback): Looking in the Mirror Terry Wells-Jones 9781639374526 Nonfiction Dorrance Publishing Dorrance Publishing “This was the first time the newspaper had featured a Black (Negr...
Reflections!: Looking in the Mirror
Reflections!: Looking in the Mirror Terry Wells-Jones 9781639374243 Nonfiction Dorrance Publishing Dorrance Publishing “This was the first time the newspaper had featured a Black (Negro) model and...
Alive at the End of the World
Alive at the End of the World Saeed Jones 9781566896511 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Pierced by grief and charged with history, this new poetry collection from the award-winning author...
God in the Ghetto: A Prophetic Word Revisited
God in the Ghetto: A Prophetic Word Revisited William Augustus Jones Jr. 9780817018221 Nonfiction Judson Press Judson Press At long last, the reissue of the classic book, God in the Ghetto by the late...
Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together
Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together Van Jones 9780399180026 Nonfiction Ballantine Books Penguin Random House A passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of ...
Gayl Jones: The Language Of Voice And Freedom In Her Writings
Gayl Jones: The Language Of Voice And Freedom In Her Writings Casey Clabough 9780786433797 Nonfiction McFarland McFarland Gayl Jones is dedicated to the art of "verbal authenticity," stemming from her...
Fish Tales (1984)
Fish Tales (1984) Nettie Jones 9780394532943 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House A new version was published in 2025“Mostly forgotten and long out-of-print, Fish Tales by Nettie Jones is an ofte...
Stephen Mack Jones
Stephen Mack Jones 000000050165955X Stephen Mack Jones is an acclaimed poet, playwright, and recipient of the Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Fellowship. After years in advertising, Jones now resides...
Patrick Williams with Angie Ransome-Jones
Patrick Williams with Angie Ransome-Jones MULTIPLE Authors Patrick Williams and Angie Ransome-Jones are renowned writers; Williams known for his thought-provoking narratives and Ransome-Jones for her...
Tamiya Davis with Angie Ransome-Jones
Tamiya Davis with Angie Ransome-Jones MULTIPLE Authors Tamiya Davis and Angie Ransome-Jones are prominent writers. The image showcases them with Elizabeth Savage. Tamiya Davis and Angie Ransome-J...
Elizabeth Savage with Angie Ransome-Jones
Elizabeth Savage with Angie Ransome-Jones MULTIPLE Elizabeth Savage and Angie Ransome-Jones are notable authors. The photo features them along with Tamiya Davis, highlighting their collaborative effo...
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson MULTIPLE Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson are award-winning authors known for their impactful works. Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer-winning journalist, is renowned ...
Edward P. Jones
Edward P. Jones 0000000109223233 Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and educated at Holy Cross College and the University of Virginia. Known for h...
Kellie Jones
Kellie Jones 0000000076890717 Kellie Jones is an Associate Professor at Columbia University specializing in African American and African Diaspora artists, Latinx and Latin American Artists, and conte...
William Augustus Jones Jr.
William Augustus Jones Jr. 0000000021740789 William A. Jones Jr. (1934-2006) was a distinguished African-American minister and civil rights leader. An alumnus of the University of Kentucky and Crozer...
Erika Lynne Jones
Erika Lynne Jones NONE Erika Lynne Jones, a children's book author and illustrator, uses her work to celebrate culture and affirm children's worth. Known for “The Loud Librarian” and based in Dallas,...
Van Jones - The "Carbon Nation" Interview
Van Jones - The "Carbon Nation" Interview Kam Williams Interview Former Obama Green Czar Opines on the State of the "Carbon Nation" Anthony "Van" Jones and his twin sister, Angela, were born...