Baraka recites poem Newark mayor Ras Baraka recites an original poem entitled "Walk On," at a ceremony to kick off Newark poetry month. NEWARK — Newark mayor Ras Baraka performed an original poem he ...

The great poet Amiri Baraka died Jan. 9. While he was in the hospital, I spoke daily to his wife, Amina, my dear friend. I wrote the poem below the day after Amiri died. He and I became friends in the ...

When a publication of a large selection of poems by Amiri Baraka, who died this past year, was announced, I immediately determined to review it. I’d had a somewhat distant but openly friendly ...

NEWARK (CN) – Amiri Baraka sued former Gov. James McGreevey, who revoked his position as poet laureate of New Jersey and refused to pay the annual $10,000 honorarium because of allegedly ...

Twenty years after 9/11, a chorus of activists, writers, and political prisoners remember Amiri Baraka’s influential and controversial 2001 poem “Somebody Blew Up America.” In this episode of Rattling ...

The service, held at Newark Symphony Hall, featured poetry, music and tributes to a man several speakers hailed as a creative and committed revolutionary who had a profound influence both on American ...

NEWARK — Amiri Baraka, son of Newark, the city he loved and never abandoned, was all about contradictions and brilliance. He was a renowned American poet — and to some eventually more agitator than ...

A cacophony of bagpipes, African drums and jazz riffs creatively blended -- much like the elements of an Amiri Baraka poem -- at the Saturday funeral for the activist-writer and a founder of the… By ...