
S O S: Poems 1961-2013
by Amiri Baraka
Title:
S O S: Poems 1961-2013
Author:
Amiri Baraka
Edited by:
Amiri Baraka
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
624 pages, Illustrations
Publisher:
Grove Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN-13:
9780802124685
EAN:
9780802124685
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
962
Dimensions (mm):
154 x 229 x 36
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
One of the New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books WITH AN APPENDIX OF NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED WORK Fusing the personal and the political in high-voltage verse, Amiri Baraka was one of the preeminent literary innovators of the past century. This volume comprises the fullest spectrum of his rousing, revolutionary poems, from his first collection to unpublished pieces composed during his final years. Throughout Baraka’s career as a prolific writer in several genres (also published under the name LeRoi Jones), he was vehemently outspoken against oppression of African American citizens, and he radically altered the discourse surrounding racial inequality. His legacy in world literature is matched by his widespread influence as an activist and cultural leader. Praised for its lyricism and introspection, his early poetry emerged from the Beat generation, while his later writing is marked by the Black Arts Movement's intensely rebellious fervor and subversive ideology. All along, his primary focus was on how to live and love in the present moment despite the enduring difficulties of human history.










