Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking force in American culture, has died ...

For the late poet Amiri Baraka, poetry was about the sound of the words — that the poems should come alive when they were read aloud. "I'm trying to make the poems as musical as I can — from the ...

The historical celebration includes a capsule that will also feature contributions from Mitchell & Ness. 8 hours ago Okayplayer is honored that Saul has chosen this space to unveil that poem, composed ...

S.O.S.: Poems 1961–2013 by Amiri Baraka, Grove Atlantic, 532 pages ($30). Here’s a scene from a backstage history of poetry in Buffalo as yet unwritten. One of the best and most gripping and ...

Amiri Baraka, the poet and playwright who was one of the central voices in the Black Power movement, died Thursday at age 79. Baraka, who once went by the moniker Leroi Jones, was also the Poet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK (AP) — Hettie Jones, an award-winning author, publisher and educator who was the first wife and early muse of the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking force in American ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Hettie Jones, an award-winning author, publisher and educator who was the first wife and early muse of the author-poet-activist Amiri Baraka and one of the few women in the Beat ...

His booking agent, Celeste Bateman, told The Associated Press that Baraka, who had been hospitalized since last month, died Thursday at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Perhaps no writer of the ...

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