Amiri Baraka's Legacy Both Controversial And Achingly Beautiful

Amiri Baraka died today. He was an controversial writer, and is heavily associated with the civil rights movement. He is probably best known for his poetry, and was New Jersey's poet laureate in 2002 and 2003. But Baraka 

Never shy about his revolutionary views, Amiri Baraka gave New Jersey's governor fair warning of possible fireworks when he was named the state's poet laureate. "You're gonna catch hell for this," said Baraka, who began his lengthy literary career as

Although family and friends were hopeful the strident writer, born LeRoi Jones, would make a full recovery after being admitted to Newark's Beth Israel Medical Center's Intensive Care Unit on Dec. 23, Baraka passed away Jan. 9. "His condition continues

NEWARK — Amiri Baraka, son of Newark, the city he loved and never abandoned, was all about contradictions and brilliance. He was a renowned American poet — and to some eventually more agitator than poet — a playwright, novelist, screenwriter, but 

Amiri Baraka, legendary poet who never abandoned Newark, dead at 79 (via NJ.com). NEWARK — Amiri Baraka, son of Newark, the city he loved and never abandoned, was all about contradictions and brilliance. He was a