I had the opportunity to meet legendary poet/writer, and New Jersey's former Poet Laureate, Amiri Baraka, and his wife, Amina, when I was out with my volunteer friends from God's Love We Deliver last night. We usually go out after our shift to a place called Cody's. It was unusually crowded that night, but I recognized him right away.I had heard of Mr. Baraka, and seen him on television, but I really didn't know much about him, so I Googled him and gathered up some links.
Amiri Baraka
LeRoi Jones (The Beat Page)
Amiri Baraka (Pegasos Books & Writers)
Amiri Baraka (Wikipedia)
Mr. Baraka's website: amiribaraka.com
These are some books by and about Amiri Baraka:
The Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader
A Nation Within a Nation: Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones)
and Black Power Politics
Transbluesency: The Selected Poetry of Amiri Baraka/Leroi Jones (1961-1995)
Blues People : Negro Music in White America
Listen to an audio clip of his poem, The Academic Cowards of Deception (2001).
2 comments:
Oh wow, you actually got to meet him. I was an editor for Third World Press for a while (they published some of his work) and never got to meet him.
Peace
Deatri
http://www.deewrites.com
Yeah, it was pretty cool! We even paid for a round of his drinks. Quite an honor.
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