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By Amiri Baraka
The Library of Black America series
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
496 Pages, 6 x 9
Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, PDF, Mobipocket
Trade Paper, $24.95 (US $24.95) (CA $27.95)
ISBN 9781556522314
Rights: WOR
Chicago Review Press (Mar 1997)
Lawrence Hill Books
Overview
Poet, dramatist, novelist, critic, teacher, and political activist Amiri Baraka, born LeRoi Jones, vividly recounts his crusading role in African American literature. A driving force behind the Black Arts Movement, the prolific Baraka retells his experiences from his participation in avant-garde literature after World War II and his role in Black nationalism after the assassination of Malcolm X to his conversion to Islam and his commitments to an international socialist vision. When The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones was first published in 1984, the publisher made substantial cuts in the copy. Under the careful direction of the author, the book has been restored to its original form. This is the first complete and unexpurgated version of Baraka’s life and work.Reviews
“The story of Baraka’s metamorphosis is itself part of the story of contemporary literature’s development.” —Publishers WeeklyAuthor Biography
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