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Amiri Baraka

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Amiri Baraka, 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.

Books

Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note
Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note
Amiri Baraka, LeRoi Jones
Somebody Blew Up America, & Other Poems
Somebody Blew Up America, & Other Poems
Amiri Baraka, Imamu Amiri Baraka
Black Music
Black Music
Amiri Baraka, LeRoi Jones, Imamu Amiri Baraka
The System of Dante's Hell
The System of Dante's Hell
Amiri Baraka
The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones
The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones
Amiri Baraka, Imamu Amiri Baraka
The System of Dante's Hell
The System of Dante's Hell
Amiri Baraka
Let Nobody Turn Us Around
Let Nobody Turn Us Around
Amiri Baraka, Molefi Asante
Thornton Dial
Thornton Dial
Amiri Baraka, Thomas McEvilley, Thornton Dial
The Moderns
The Moderns
Amiri Baraka
Transbluesency
Transbluesency
Amiri Baraka, Imamu Amiri Baraka
Tales of the Out & the Gone
Tales of the Out & the Gone
Amiri Baraka
S O S
S O S
Amiri Baraka
Hard Facts
Hard Facts
Amiri Baraka
Wise, Why's, Y's
Wise, Why's, Y's
Amiri Baraka, Imamu Amiri Baraka
The Fiction of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka
The Fiction of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka, Imamu Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka
Dutchman
Dutchman
Amiri Baraka
Tales
Tales
Amiri Baraka, LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka)
The Motion of History, and Other Plays
The Motion of History, and Other Plays
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka
Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems
Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems
Amiri Baraka
Black Thunder
Black Thunder
Amiri Baraka, August Wilson

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