A Notebook on the work of Amiri Baraka

2024

• August 28: Malcolm X, Amiri Baraka, and ....

• July 18: Amiri Baraka and Black World

• June 13: Amiri Baraka and Black World magazine

• June 8: Covering Amiri Baraka in Negro Digest/Black World magazine 

• June 8: An Amiri Baraka and Negro Digest/Black World Bibliography (by composition type)

• June 8: An Amiri Baraka and Negro Digest/Black World Bibliography (by author name) 

• June 8: An Amiri Baraka and Negro Digest/Black World Bibliography (chronological listing)

• June 8: An Amiri Baraka and Negro Digest/Black World Bibliography (by publication)

2022

• September 29: Covering Amiri Baraka's "Dope" with Collegiate Black Men

2021

• August 2: Twenty-two years covering Amiri Baraka's "Dope"

• June 26: Amiri Baraka, Slavery, and Rumors/Ruins

2020
• April 25: James Smethurst releases book on Amiri Baraka
• April 14: A post from William J. Harris on birds sparked Amiri Baraka project

2019
• May 28: Preface to even more Amiri Baraka Studies
• February 21: Amiri Baraka and Black Book History
• January 2: Amiri Baraka's "Dope" in the context of rap freestyle

2018
• December 31: Blogging about Amiri Baraka in 2018
• November 13: Amiri Baraka, ProQuest, and dissertations 1960 - 2018
• October 10: Anthologizing Amiri Baraka
• September 17: Amiri Baraka's five most anthologized poems
• July 25: Amiri Baraka's three most anthologized poems
• July 25: Remixing Amiri Baraka's RhythmBlues
• March 6: Amiri Baraka's "Dope" and June Jordan's "Poem about My Rights"
• March 2: Jeffrey Skoblow's Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones Books
• January 10: From Amiri Baraka and Greg Tate to a generation of black men writers

2017
• December 13: William J. Harris discusses Amiri Baraka for the St. Louis Book Club
• September 9: LeRoi Jones, Amiri Baraka, and nicknames of collegiate black women
• April 28: A checklist of liner notes written by Amiri Baraka  
• April 27: Amiri Baraka, editorial cartoons, and poetic insults 
• April 25: Amiri Baraka's searing critiques of U.S. Presidents
• April 24: Baraka, black boys & poetic curiosity  
• January 27: An Anti-War march, Amiri and Amina Baraka, and me  

2016
• December 29: Blogging about Amiri Baraka in 2016
• September 9: Amiri Baraka's sonic movement: from reader to performer 
• April 25: "Oooowow!": the wonderful wordless phrasings of Amiri Baraka 
• April 24: 50 Amiri Baraka poems on YouTube 
• April 13: George Packer compliments LeRoi Jones (but derides Amiri Baraka)
• April 3: In Search of Amiri Baraka
• March 4: Poets as Catalogers: The Cases of Robin Coste Lewis, Kevin Young, and Amiri Baraka
• February 1: Amiri Baraka's Metaphors and Ferocious Name-calling

2015
• September 9: Amiri Baraka on those Albert Ayler "ruins" and "rumors"
• July 15: A Baraka book Sighting at the Strand
• February 4: Amiri Baraka and Outness
• January 31: 30 Amiri Baraka poems on YouTube

2014
• December 11: Acknowledging the tremendous loss of Amiri Baraka and Maya Angelou in 2014 
• August 1: Notes on Amiri Baraka's Low Coup
• July 17: The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader
• January 19: Poetry and poets at Amiri Baraka's homegoing
• January 11: Amiri Baraka was not what you could call a follower - James Smethurst
• January 10: Coverage on Amiri Baraka's passing

2013
• September 10: The Durability of Amiri Baraka 
• May 3: 49 years ago, Amiri Baraka reviewed a grab bag of works for Poetry magazine 
• May 1: Coltrane vs. Thelonious Monk in the sounds of Amiri Baraka 
• January 29: Amiri Baraka and the "controversial" tag
• January 12: Beyond Poetry: Amiri Baraka and Kevin Young

2012
• November 20: From Little Richard to James Brown to Amiri Baraka
• November 12: Amiri Baraka's Frightening Poetic Recollections
• October 26: Once upon a time when black poetry was scary 
• October 22: Amiri Baraka's scary wordless phrasings 
• September 14: Back cover photograph featuring LeRoi Jones  
• July 5: Funny poets: Amiri Baraka & Kevin Young
• June 23: Where You Stay -- Amiri Baraka & the Matter of Where Poets Live
• April 3: Amiri Baraka, the Black Arts & post Black Arts Poet
• March 23: Defining Encounters with the Sound of Amiri Baraka's Poetry
• February 24: February 1965: A Defining Moment in the History of Black Poetry
• March 19: Poets as Essayists
• February 2: 8 Black Arts Era Poets and 11 Name Changes


2011
• November 29: Amiri Baraka's "Digging" - A Powerful Jazz Tribute 
• October 30: Redmond, Baraka & Multi-directional Approaches to Poetry
• October 27: Adrian Matejka & Amiri Baraka
• October 2: Amiri Baraka, Lil Wayne & Mainstream, Underground Audiences
• September 3: Amiri Baraka : A Leading Black Arts Figure
• July 6: When Print, Performance & Online Cultures Converge: Amiri Baraka's "Dope"
• July 6: 10 Amiri Baraka poems on youtube
• June 28: The Remarkable Ingenuity (and indifference) of Amiri Baraka

2010
• March 18: EBR focus on Amiri Baraka
• January 8: Redmond Discusses Photographing Amiri Baraka

2008
• Sept. 26: In the Funk World

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