Books
Amiri Baraka: Carl Hancock Rux pays tribute
Jan. 12, 2014
Obituaries
Impassioned by often-controversial ideas, African American poet Amiri Baraka expressed his anger through a range of literary works.
Jan. 9, 2014
Poet and playwright Amiri Baraka died Thursday at the age of 79, having influenced generations of younger writers.
Amiri Baraka captured an outsider’s anger, giving it beauty
Amiri Baraka, activist poet and playwright, dies at 79
Amiri Baraka died Thursday after weeks of failing health, a family spokeperson confirmed. He was 79.
World & Nation
Once you had met him, the poet Amiri Baraka was a tough man to forget.
Never shy about his revolutionary views, Amiri Baraka gave New Jersey’s governor fair warning of possible fireworks when he was named the state’s poet laureate.
Jan. 10, 2014
California
For the record
Jan. 13, 2014