The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader
by Amiri Baraka
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Author: Amiri BarakaEditor: William J. Harris
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-11-21
ISBN: 1560252383
Number of pages: 624
Publisher: Basic Books
Book Reviews of The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader
Book Review: An Awesome Artist and Philosopher
Summary: 5 Stars
I would not take anyone's word uncritically or unexamined about anything really important. Amiri Baraka is a flawed man. At times he has sounded anti-semitic and other times in his life he has sounded homophobic.
There is plenty in his life to contradict those seemingly mean spirited expressions. However, he was friends to the end with both Allen Ginsberg and James Baldwin among others and had children with Hattie (Cohen?)Jones. And I still don't get the "20 Volume Suicide Note"...musings of somebody not really ready to go quietly into that night?
All that being said, I also find Baraka to be vigorous, rigorous, intellectually and spiritually adventuresome and brave of heart. I have learned MUCH from him. If you don't get it, maybe he isn't talking you or you are not willing to listen...
He has written some beautiful, brilliant poetry that functions through many channels of communication. His essays about African based music are seminal, required, necessary.
Baraka deserves criticism. None of the criticism here so far expresses anything of substance that I can discern.
Personally, I experienced one of my rebirths though the Black Arts Movement. Baraka was one of the leading "midwives". I am VERY thankful for his presence in this crazy, cruel, wonderous world. If you really want to know the truth of what we call "America", the stench and the free-for-all wildflowers, you need to pass by his way.
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