| Brilliant Flame! Amiri Baraka: Poems, Plays, Politics for the People Contributor(s): Madhubuti, Haki R. (Editor), Simanga, Michael (Editor), Sanchez, Sonia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 088378355X ISBN-13: 9780883783559 Publisher: Third World Press OUR PRICE: $29.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - African American |
| Dewey: 818.540 |
| LCCN: 2017914576 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (2.00 lbs) 420 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Brilliant Flame Amiri Baraka is an intergenerational collection of writing from poets, dramatists, musicians, educators, historians and cultural workers and theorists examining the work and influence of Amiri Baraka. The dramatist, novelist and poet, Amiri Baraka is one of the most respected and widely published African-American writers. With the beginning of Black Civil Rights Movements during the sixties, Baraka explored the anger of African-Americans and used his writings as a weapon against racism. Also, he advocated scientific socialism with his revolutionary inclined poems and aimed at creating aesthetic through them. Amiri Baraka's writing career spans over nearly fifty years and has mostly focused on the subjects of Black Liberation and White Racism. Often recognized as a key founder of the Black Arts Movement, Amiri Baraka was a prolific writer and world-renowned poet. While this book provides its contributors a forum in which to examine his poetic and artistic aesthetics, Brilliant Flame will more importantly bring to the forefront Baraka's reach as political activist, historian and cultural visionary. |