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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A seminal Jones/Baraka literary landmine that launches Akashic Books' new African American-focused reprint series.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>"Jones/Baraka usually speaks as a Negro--and always as an American. He is eloquent, he is bold. He demands rights--not conditional favors."--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>In 2007, Akashic Books ushered Amiri Baraka back into the forefront of America's literary consciousness with the short story collection <i>Tales of the Out & the Gone</i>. This reissue features a highly provocative and profoundly insightful collection of 1960s social and political essays. <p/><b>LeRoi Jones </b>(now known as <b>Amiri Baraka</b>) 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, <i>Tales of the Out & the Gone </i>(Akashic Books, 2007), was a <i>New York Times </i>Editors' Choice. He lives in Newark, New Jersey.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Baraka usually speaks as a Negro--and always as an American. He is eloquent, his is bold. He demands rights--not conditional favors. --New York Times Book Review This is to date Baraka's most definitive, hence best work, on how it feels to be Black in a world dominated by white practicalities. --The Liberator<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>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.
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