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Let there be no love poems writtenUntil love can exist freely andCleanly.

A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

There is other disturbing facts surround the hideous 911 attacks, which my family and I could see fr...

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The major poets of New Jersey have all suffered, whether it's Whitman, who lost his job for 'Leaves ...

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& love is an evil word. Turn it backwards/see, see what I mean? An evol word.

The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader

We take unholy risks to prove we are what we cannot be. For instance, I am not even crazy.

Transbluesency: Selected Poems

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Amiri Baraka

Writer

Born: 1934-10-07

Died: 2014-01-09

Amiri Baraka (October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism.More