S O S : poems 1961-2013 / Amiri Baraka ; selected by Paul Vangelisti.

Fusing the personal and the political in high-voltage verse, Amiri Baraka, "whose long illumination of the black experience in America was called incandescent in some quarters and incendiary in others" (New York Times), was one of the preeminent literary innovators of the past century. Selected by P...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 (poet.)
Other Authors: Vangelisti, Paul (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York : Grove Press, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
American poetry > African American authors.
African American men > Poetry.
American poetry > 20th century.
American poetry > 21st century.
Poetry.
Genre:
Poetry.
Physical Description:xxviii, 531 pages ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
SOS.
Format: Book
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Summary:
Fusing the personal and the political in high-voltage verse, Amiri Baraka, "whose long illumination of the black experience in America was called incandescent in some quarters and incendiary in others" (New York Times), was one of the preeminent literary innovators of the past century. Selected by Paul Vangelisti, this volume comprises the fullest spectrum of Baraka's rousing, revolutionary poems, from his first collection to previously unpublished pieces composed during his final years.
Note:Includes index.
Call Number:PS3552.A583 A6 2014
ISBN:9780802123350
080212335X