Amiri Baraka

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The Case for Funding Theater to Advance Social Justice

Theater has become an important vehicle for social justice not only because of the powerful stories it tells but also because it brings people together in community.

By Lane Sugata

Fall Arts Preview 2022: Gallery Shows You Won’t Want to Miss

Don't get overwhelmed by the art world. We make it easy to navigate fall gallery shows with these curated exhibition choices.

By Erin Taylor

Star Theorist and Poet Fred Moten Has a Complicated Relationship With the Art World

Moten treasures working with friends like Arthur Jafa, but has no interest in being asked to "legitimize...artwork on a marketplace."

By Helen Holmes

Diane di Prima Brings the Women of the Beat Generation to the Forefront in a New Book

By Veronica Suchodolski

Poetry and politics: Baraka, both poet and mayor, offers reading list to N.J. pols suffering from corruption stigma

By Mark Bonamo

Amiri Baraka’s Recent Art Appearances

By Andrew Russeth

Charles Barron Making Mayoral Endorsements Far From Home

By Hunter Walker and Colin Campbell

A Murderous Message About Black and White

By John Heilpern

‘Howl,’ Ginsberg’s Time Bomb, Still Setting Off New Explosions

By Baz Dreisinger

If Poet Amiri Baraka Becomes Ex-Laureate, Is It Bad for Writers?

By Philip Weiss

No Time Like the Present To Eliminate Saddam’s Threat

By Richard Brookhiser