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Amiri Baraka
URL: http://www.amiribaraka.com/

Description:
Official website for Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), "the author of over 40 books of essays, poems, drama, and music history and criticism, a poet icon and revolutionary political activist." Features a biography, audio and video clips, essays and poems (including the controversial "Somebody Blew Up America," written about the September 11, 2001, attacks when Baraka was New Jersey's poet laureate), and related links.

LII Topics: African American, Authors, Authors & Literature, Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Notable People: Arts & Humanities

Author:
Baraka, Amiri

Extra Keywords
black nationalism marxism

LII Database Information:
Record 24596 created by Jennifer English on 09/25/2007
Last modification on 09/27/2007
Published: 10/04/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24596

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