Amiri Baraka, the state's former poet laureate and a revered author, poet and activist, has died. He was 79. Baraka is shown in this 2009 file photo. (Star-Ledger file photo) NEWARK — Amiri ...

Amiri Baraka: An obituary on writer and activist Amiri Baraka in the Jan. 10 LATExtra section said his daughter Shani and her half sister Wanda Pasha were fatally shot by Pasha’s estranged ...

Amiri Baraka died Thursday after weeks of failing health, a family spokeperson confirmed. He was 79. A playwright, poet, critic and activist, Baraka was one of the most prominent and controversial ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking force in ...

Amiri Baraka, one of the most influential African American writers of his generation, who courted controversy as a poet, playwright and provocateur and who was a primary intellectual architect of ...

Amiri Baraka died Thursday. He was 79.During the early 1960s, Baraka became the unofficial writer of black nationalism, not only writing about it but, in many ways, shaping it through his words.

Amiri Baraka hasn't mellowed with age. One of the last surviving authors of the Beat Generation, and an enduring symbol of Newark's political turmoil four decades ago, Baraka turns 75 next week.

Amiri Baraka was a giant who remained true to his Newark roots. He was a political activist, poet, scholar, and more; and he was all of these things simultaneously and seamlessly.

Newark’s Amiri Baraka is a towering figure of twentieth century theater and art, not to mention one of the state’s most legendary figures. His influence on the city where he was born and died ...

Amiri Baraka began his literary career in the late 1950s as LeRoi Jones, a beat poet in Greenwich Village. Over the years, Baraka has deemed himself a beatnik, a black nationalist, a Muslim and a ...

NEWARK — Amiri Baraka, the former New Jersey poet laureate and well-respected author and playwright, was hospitalized in critical condition last night, officials said.