Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader [Paperback]

Baraka (Author)

2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

List Price:	CDN$ 23.95
Price:	CDN$ 18.60 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 25. Details
You Save:	CDN$ 5.35 (22%)
	o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

Usually ships within 6 to 10 days.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. Gift-wrap available.

	Amazon Price	New from	Used from
Paperback	CDN $16.34	--	--
Paperback, April 1 1991	CDN $18.60	--	--
See # more paperbacks

Product Details

Paperback: 498 pages
Publisher: Basic Books (April 1 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1560250070
ISBN-13: 978-1560250074
Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 12.4 x 3.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g

Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

From Publishers Weekly

In his eulogy of James Baldwin--one of this anthology's previously unpublished works--Baraka writes that Baldwin was "turned all the way up, receiving and broadcasting . . . ." The same can be said of Baraka. For more than 30 years he has been one of our most self-revising, self-assertive writers. Culling representative samples of his oeuvre, this expertly edited volume reflects Baraka's bold ventures and about-faces. The poems of 1964's The Dead Lecturer tick like small explosives. Selections from 1963's Blues People and 1968's Black Music reveal Baraka as a superb, learned critic. With remarkable candor, an excerpt from Baraka's 1984 autobiography scrutinizes his Black Arts period. Notable among the new pieces is "Why's / wise," a long poem that unfolds the story of how African-Americans' appropriation of English led to the rich oral languages of blues and jazz, from which so much of Baraka's own work proceeds. The story of Baraka's metamorphoses is itself part of the story of contemporary literature's development. Anyone seeking to understand either will find this volume indispensable. Harris wrote The Poetry and Poetics of Amiri Baraka.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

Baraka is a writer who readily embraces change, and this collection reflects a life full of changes beginning with something as fundamental as a change in name. The selections included are arranged chronologically in four distinct periods: The Beat Period (1957-62), The Transitional Period (1963-65), The Black Nationalist Period (1965-74), and The Third World Marxist Period (1974-present). Editor Harris, in collaboration with Baraka, has chosen representative examples of Baraka's poems, plays, jazz writings, and social criticism. Among several new works are a eulogy for James Baldwin and an emotional analysis of Jesse Jackson's role in Democratic politics. Essential for all literature collections.
- William Gargan, Brooklyn Coll. Lib., CUNY
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

See all Product Description