"Jones/Baraka usually speaks as a Negro and always as an American. He is eloquent, he is bold. He demands rights not conditional favors." The New York Times Book Review
In 2007, Akashic Books ushered Amiri Baraka back into the forefront of America's literary consciousness with the short story collection Tales of the Out & the Gone. This reissue features a highly provocative and profoundly insightful collection of 1960s social and political essays.
LeRoi Jones (now known as Amiri Baraka) is the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He was named Poet Laureate of New Jersey by the New Jersey Commission on Humanities, from 2002 2004. His most recent book, Tales of the Out & the Gone (Akashic Books, 2007), was a New York Times Editors' Choice. He lives in Newark, New Jersey.
- ISBN10 1322371385
- ISBN13 9781322371382
- Publish Date 1 January 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 14 April 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Akashic Books
- Format eBook
- Language English