(Baldwin, James) and Chinua Achebe, Russell Banks, Amiri Baraka, Thulani Davis, Nikki Giovanni, John Edgar Wideman and others

"James Baldwin's Grand Tour" [tributes on James Baldwin] in PEN America (Fall, 2001)

First Edition. 0 pp. Fine in original wrappers. Fine.

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Book number: b11990

BARAKA, IMAMU AMIRI

Afrikan Revolution 1st Edition

Jihad Publishing. Paperback. June 1973 Jihad Publishing staple bound small format pamphlet in as new condition. 7 pages. Please email for photos.. Collectible: Like New .

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Book number: 110807

BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)

Autograph Manuscript: Craft & Black Writer

1970s. Manuscript. A handwritten ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT by Baraka consisting of two 8-1/2" x 11" sheets of Paschal's Motor Hotel letterhead, written on rectos only, consisting of advice for African-American writers. Some of his observations: "Difficult for any writer to get below surface to go beyond ready mades + cliches (of form and content) But Blacks more difficult because we are denied a tradition We are forced to learn from others before we even learn from ourselves (schools, media, racism + white supremacy)." Baraka lists various authors and titles that a writer should read and states, "Be in touch w/ the state of the art .. know world literature," after which he lists a number of authors including "The great Irish Writers .. The great Russians .. The great Latin Am. writers." He concludes, "Tell the truth/put yr whole feeling in it/make sense to you + the world/Don't become a 'Ho." The letterhead used is interesting in that Paschal's was where many of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement gathered to discuss their strategy and issues in the 1960s, and its restaurant was one of the first to seat black and white patrons together. Right margins a little ragged. Very Good .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 022170

Catalogue: Manuscript

Keywords: Manuscript, African-American Literature, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Beats, Beat Literature, Leroi Jones, Amiri Baraka Manuscript Literature: American Modern First Editions African-American Literature

BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)

Autograph Manuscript: Naropa Lectures

August 1985. Manuscript. A handwritten ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT titled "Naropa Lectures" by Baraka consisting of 21 pages on both sides of eleven 7-1/4" x 11-3/4" lined sheets stapled in the upper left corner. Baraka's notes for his lectures at Naropa where he taught at Naropa’s Jack Kerouac School during the late 1970s through the 1980s, introducing students to the Black Arts Movement, radical political poetry, and the importance of cultural inclusivity in literature and encouraging students to explore writing that was rooted in activism and cultural critique. These notes cover a wide expanse of Baraka's views on image, metaphor, rhythm, critical realism, the oral tradition, slavery, the Harlem Renaissance, American culture, African-American art and music, and more. Nearly all of the entries are short bursts of thought and not worked out in great detail, likely so that he could remind himself of topics to discuss while lecturing. The last line of the notes is telling: "Defeat Reagan, Preserve the Future!. Left margins a little ragged from being torn from a tablet; last page detached from staple. Near Fine .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 022171

Catalogue: Manuscript

Keywords: Manuscript, African-American Literature, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Beats, Beat Literature, Leroi Jones, Amiri Baraka Manuscript Literature: American Modern First Editions African-American Literature

BARAKA, AMIRI, CONTR.] JOHNSON, JOHN H., ED

Black World, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, November, 1974

Johnson Publishing. 1974. Soft Cover. Gd. condition- Amiri Baraka's contribution to the Black Politics Series "Toward Ideological Clarity" and Chestyn Everett's "Eulogy for the Massacred Soledad and Attica Brothers." (KN7). Good.

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Book number: 2495ml

Catalogue: Black History

Keywords: history, politics, government, south, negro, slavery, plantation, labor, business, african, africa, culture, tradition, kkk, protest, revolution, freedom, red lining, wealth, heritage, racism, education,

AMIRI BARAKA, EDITOR

Black Fire

Black Classic Press. 2007. (ISBN: 1574780395). Soft Cover. Gd. condition/670 pages - An anthology of Afro-American writing - (HA16830z). Good.

Mike Long BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 6830z

Catalogue: Black History

Keywords: poetry, literatue, protest, verse, negro, african, culture, tradtion, protest, revolt, heritage, slavery, plantation, history, politics, adventure, suspense, mystery, 1574780395

Baraka, Imamu Amiri (LeRoi Jones)

"Black (Art) Drama Is the Same as Black Life" in Ebony (February, 1971)

First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers. Light wear and rusty staples. Fine.

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Book number: b15832

BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)

Call & Response

[Newark, NJ ], Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger, 1980. First Edition. Broadside. A SIGNED broadside (9-1/2" x 13") of this poem printed on the dedication of the author's reading at Walker Art Center. Copy #13 of 85. We also have copy #12 in similar condition. Minor soiling, light edgewear, a couple of ink strokes in the text. Very Good .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 020173

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Poetry, African-American Literature, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Beats, Beat Literature, Leroi Jones, Amiri Baraka Signed Literature: American Modern First Editions African-American Literature

Baraka, Amiri.

"The City of the New Ark: Wave Beats" in Grand Street, X, 3 (1991).

1991. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers. Near Fine.

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Book number: 12902

BARAKA, AMIRI (LEROI JONES) & AMINA BARAKA

Confirmation: An Anthology of African American Women

New York, Quill. 1983. (ISBN: 0688015824) Soft Cover. 418 pp. Good.

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Book number: 024052

Catalogue: Literatuur

Keywords: 0688015824

AMIRI BARAKA

Digging

University of California Press. 2009. (ISBN: 0520257153). Hard Cover. Gd. condition - The Afro-American soul of American Classicl Music .. (AN48867z). Good.

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Book number: 8867z

Catalogue: Black History

Keywords: artist, musicians, history, culture, negro, african, tradition, heritage, slavery, plantation, gospel, rock, blues, soul, vocalist, guitar, piano, drums, dance, jazz, bop, swing, big band, music, 0520257153

LeRoi Jones [Amiri Baraka]

Dutchman and the Slave

London, Faber and Faber, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of the publication of these two plays from LeRoi Jones, both focussing on themes of black liberation and white racism. The first UK edition, first impression of these two plays from American writer Amiri Baraka, at the time writing under the name LeRoi Jones. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.A political allegory depicting black and white relations in the 1960s, 'Dutchman' details the story of a black man meeting a white woman while riding the New York subway. The second play present, 'The Slave' is similarly described as 'centred on Negro-white conflict&apos.Loosely inserted is a poster and advertising pamphlet for the 1967 British film adaptation, starring Shirley Knight and Al Freeman, Jr. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip head and tail, with boards clean and bright. Edge wear to head and tail of dust wrapper back strip, with light marks to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 802F20

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: Dutchman Shirley Knight race Amiri Baraka Shirley Knight None

Amiri Baraka

In the Tradition (for Black Arthur Blythe)

Amiri Baraka, 1980. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. 21.5cm x 13.5cm. [12] pages. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers. Minor shelf wear. Shipped Weight: .02 kilos.

Book Merchant JenkinsProfessional seller

Book number: 0024983

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: BZDB407 Poetry; African-American Studies. Unbranded Amiri Baraka In the Tradition (for Black Arthur Blythe) African-American Studies

Baraka, Imamu Amiri (LeRoi Jones)

Raise Race Rays Raze; Essays Since 1965

New York, Vintage, 1972. Paperback. pp. 169. Small 8vo. Dark yellow binding. General shelfwear, evidence of prior moisture damage to rear cover; very good. .

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Book number: 088204

Catalogue: Race & Gender

Keywords: Political; political science; black nationalism; black arts; anti semitism; black separatism

Baraka, Amiri, Carol Muske, Edward Hirsch, William Gass, Ishmael Reed, Gary Soto, Derek Walcott, and other contributors

River Styx, number 14 (1984)

St. Louis, Big River Association, 1984. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers with a discoloration on the front panel. Fine.

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Book number: b33823