To commemorate the passing of the great Amiri Baraka, we bring you an insider’s perspective on what it was like to work with such a towering cultural and literary icon. From 2002-2011, Kalicia …
Read More >With 2011 underway and the sun shining in the Bay Area (at least temporarily), UC Press has declared it safe to come out of winter hibernation. We know of at least three …
Read More >Amiri Baraka, author of the American Book Award-winning Digging and over 40 other books of essays, poems, drama, and criticism, spoke with albuquerqueARTS magazine about conspiracy theories, the alchemy of poetry and …
Read More >On the surface, they may seem different—one is a book about American jazz, the other is about the relationship between romantic and experimental modern poetry—but Amiri Baraka’s Digging: The Afro-American Soul of …
Read More >The National Academy of Sciences has awarded its prestigious Public Welfare Medal to Eugenie Scott, author of Evolution vs. Creationism, in recognition of her work as executive director of the National Center …
Read More >Amiri Baraka, author of Digging, was a finalist for the Lifetime Achievement Award in Jazz Journalism from the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA). At its thirteenth annual awards ceremony last week, the JJA …
Read More >On June 4, Sophie Erskine of 3:AM Magazine interviewed Amiri Baraka about music, politics, the origins of his name, and controversial comments he has made in the past. Baraka is known as …
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