Baraka, Transitions: The man and the poetry
Tenements absorbed the sun to brick and spread the heat like a steam iron, pressing ideas flat,...
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The Flying Dutchman:
An Overview of LeRoi Jones’ Greatest Commentary on the Struggle of the Black Man and Racial...
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Beaten White
The Beat Generation found itself mystified by the black culture of the time. This mystification...
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Blood and Black Power on the Streets of Chicago
This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15: the WAR issue. By Pat Thomas “Black Power:...
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“A Fish With Frog’s Eyes”: Bob Kaufman, George Romero and the Power of Radioactivity
By Kurt Kline In the poetry of Bob Kaufman, the poet is the healer, journeying down...
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