Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka (born Everett Leroy Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He was the author of numerous books of poetry and taught at several universities, including the University at Buffalo and Stony Brook University. He received the PEN/Beyond Margins Award in 2008 for ''Tales of the Out and the Gone''. Baraka's plays, poetry, and essays have been described by scholars as constituting defining texts for African-American culture.Baraka's career spanned nearly 52 years, and his themes range from Black liberation to White racism. His notable poems include "The Music: Reflection on Jazz and Blues", "The Book of Monk", and "New Music, New Poetry", works that draw on topics from the worlds of society, music, and literature.
Baraka's poetry and writing have attracted both high praise and condemnation. In the African-American community, some compare Baraka to James Baldwin and recognize him as one of the most respected and most widely published Black writers of his generation, though some have said his work is an expression of violence, misogyny, and homophobia. Baraka's brief tenure as Poet Laureate of New Jersey (in 2002 and 2003) involved controversy over a public reading of his poem "Somebody Blew Up America?", which resulted in accusations of antisemitism and negative attention from critics and politicians over his assertion that the US and Israeli governments had advanced knowledge of the September 11 attacks. Provided by Wikipedia
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The dead lecturer; poems. by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
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Blues people; Negro music in white America. by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
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Three books by Imamu Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones). by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
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Black music / by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
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Black fire; an anthology of Afro-American writing, by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
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Dutchman and The slave : two plays. by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
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Selected poetry of Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones. by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
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Selected plays and prose of Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones. by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
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Black magic: Sabotage, Target study, Black art; collected poetry, 1961-1967. by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
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Conversations with Amiri Baraka / by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
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Transbluesency : the selected poems of Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones (1961-1995) / by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
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Funk lore : new poems, 1984-1995 / by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
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The music : reflections on jazz and blues / by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
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Black music / by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
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Black music : essays / by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
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Digging : the Afro-American soul of American classical music / by Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
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Eyeminded : living and writing contemporary art / by Jones, Kellie, 1959-
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Visions of a liberated future : Black arts movement writings / by Neal, Larry, 1937-
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In motion : Amiri Baraka /
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SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference. "we had to change the conversation".
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