The Legacy of Amiri Baraka: Four Poets

Evie Shockley, Danez Smith, Harmony Holiday, and Thomas Sayers Ellis

Literary Hub April 20, 2015

Young Leroi Jones

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Amiri Baraka, Politics, and Tough Love

Evie Shockley

 

Leroi Jones

 

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What He Left Us

Danez Smith

 

Amiri Baraka

 

The G Closes in On a Riot

Harmony Holiday

 

Amiri Baraka

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All Elders Be Eloquence

Thomas Sayers Ellis

 

 

Amiri Baraka Black Arts Danez Smith Evie Shockley Harmony Holiday poetry politics Thomas Sayers Ellis
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