Blogs about: Amiri Baraka

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The Spook Who Sat by the Door

lettrist wrote 3 weeks ago: This film, originally a book by Sam Greenlee, was effectively banned for thirty years. It was releas … more →

Tags: racism, Protest, CIA, Death of the Author, Nihilism, non-violence, Roland Barthes, Sam Greenlee, Tim Reid

A Terrible Wholeness

Steve Evans wrote 4 weeks ago: Amiri Baraka – I Love Music (2′15″). Recorded on reel-to-reel by Robert Creeley on … more →

Tags: Lipstick of Noise, phonotextuality, John Coltrane

Trenton Book Fair

richlee16 wrote 1 month ago: During  the Trenton Book Fair last weekend, I had the opportunity to interview poet and playwright A … more →

Tags: Trenton Book Fair

“The Music. The Music, this is our history”

Lynn Ligammari wrote 1 month ago: Jones, LeRoi Blues People: Negro Music in White America New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 196 … more →

Tags: resource descriptions, Blues, jazz, leroi jones, Music

Amiri Baraka

lalinstjuste wrote 1 month ago: This man sends chills down my spine. He is an amazing poet, playwright, activist. Check this out ( … more →

Tags: Poetry, america

Urban Griots Awards at Varsity Theater • April 3rd

mnspokenword wrote 1 month ago: The MN Spoken Word Association Presents The URBAN GRIOTS Spoken Word Awards Celebration An 8 Year R … more →

Tags: News, projects, Shows, Urban Griots Awards, Chantz, DJ Mixwell, e.g. bailey, ed bok lee, Edupoetic

EveryOne Is Busy Blowing4 comments

Shaik Zakeer Hussain wrote 1 month ago: Somebody Blew Up America from The Warrior Poet on Vimeo. The Video shows the poet Amiri Baraka, … more →

Tags: activism, LTTE

Attention Span - Chris Stroffolino

Steve Evans wrote 2 months ago: Ah, as the attention span (“Mine”) shortens progressively, the “ self-defense” mechanism some call “ … more →

Tags: Attention Span 2008, Commented list, Rick Coleman, Ken Emerson, Clark Coolidge, Kenneth Koch, Kawn Booth

The Die

nickvogt wrote 2 months ago: I got to sort of meet Amiri Baraka a little over a month ago, which was neat since he’s a pre … more →

Tags: Avengers, Avengers Dissembled, Batman, Batman Begins, batman r.i.p., Batman the Animated Series, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Carlos Pacheco

VIDEO: Somebody blew up America

Antievil wrote 2 months ago: SOMEBODY BLEW UP AMERICA (All thinking people oppose terrorism both domestic & … more →

Tags: us doctrine, War-on-terror, capitalism, Illegal, human rights violations, shock doctrine, americanism, Colonialism, obama

Words that spoke to me today

bandwagonjumper wrote 3 months ago: Two very different extracts: one from an interview, the second from a poem. Both stem from a place o … more →

Tags: WorDs, Talking Heads, Elizabeth McCracken

Ray Has Questions

reprindle wrote 3 months ago:   Ray Has Questions by R.E. Prindle Related Posts: Greil Marcus, Bob Dylan, Bill Ayers & Barry O … more →

Tags: racism, Racial_Matters, R.E. Prindle, Jews, Liberals, Communists, Africa, america, obama

Books I read in Florida7 comments

ginavivinetto wrote 4 months ago: While I was in Florida I read five books, most of them graphic novels, so it wasn’t as impress … more →

Tags: film, Books, Culture, Music, Politics, Art, Trips and travels, Alan Moore, Batman

::The Dutchman

lovewritersblock wrote 5 months ago:   “The Dutchman” by Leroi Jones (he now goes by the name Amiri Baraka) is a short and s … more →

Tags: Writers, Creative, Short Film, the dutchman, Play, racism, monologue slam, leroi jones

Black History Month3 comments

tyrajane wrote 5 months ago: Black History Month..Where do I start?? It has the potential to be an amazing, inspiring, education … more →

Tags: Life, History, African American interest, African-American, Black History, Black History Month, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King

February at the Schomburg

narmer wrote 5 months ago: The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture The New York Public Library www.schomburgcenter.o … more →

Tags: Events, Library, African-American, Black History Month, Frederick Douglass

Two Articles by Mao Zedong on the African American National Question

comradezero wrote 6 months ago: The following two articles by Mao Zedong deal with the African American national liberation struggl … more →

Tags: Black Liberation, China, Classics, Imperialism, mao, revolution, National Liberation, National Question, Video

Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem

rikowski wrote 7 months ago: Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918 By Jeffrey B. Perry Just Published by Col … more →

Tags: Books, radicalism, manning marable, Hubert Harrison, Jeffrey B. Perry, Cornel West, Portia James, Harlem, Peniel Joseph

Up against the wall motherfuckers! We've come for what is ours...1 comment

lettrist wrote 7 months ago: Students occupying the Polytechnic University in Athens may not be in classes but are writing manife … more →

Tags: Spectacle studies, France, greek riots, Ben Morea, Dan Georgakas, Deleuze, Guttari


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