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"Jones/Baraka usually speaks as a Negro--and always as an American. He is eloquent, he is bold. He demands rights--not conditional favors."--The New York Times Book Review

In 2007, Akashic Books ushered Amiri Baraka back into the forefront of America's literary consciousness with the short story collection Tales of the Out & the Gone. This reissue features a highly provocative and profoundly insightful collection of 1960s social and political essays.

LeRoi Jones (now known as Amiri Baraka) is the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He was named Poet Laureate of New Jersey by the New Jersey Commission on Humanities, from 2002-2004. His most recent book, Tales of the Out & the Gone (Akashic Books, 2007), was a New York Times Editors' Choice. He lives in Newark, New Jersey.


Author: Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka)
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: 01/01/2009
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781933354675
ISBN10: 1933354674
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Political Science | Civil Rights
- Social Science | Essays

About the Author
LeRoi Jones (now known as Amiri Baraka) is the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He was named Poet Laureate of New Jersey by the N.J. Commission on Humanities, from 2002-2004. His last two books of poetry, Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems and Un Poco Low Coup received tremendous critical acclaim.