7 Quotes & Sayings By Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka (born Everett Lebaron Copeland; May 3, 1934 – May 12, 2014) was an American playwright, poet, novelist, and political activist. He wrote more than twenty books of poetry and four novels.

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& love is an evil word. Turn it backwards/see, see what I mean? An evol word. Amiri Baraka
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Let there be no love poems written Until love can exist freely and Cleanly. Amiri Baraka
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We take unholy risks to prove we are what we cannot be. For instance, I am not even crazy. Amiri Baraka
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There is other disturbing facts surround the hideous 911 attacks, which my family and I could see from the third floor bathroom window of our homes! Amiri Baraka
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The major poets of New Jersey have all suffered, whether it's Whitman, who lost his job for 'Leaves of Grass, ' or William Carlos Williams, who was called a communist, or Ginsberg, whose 'Howl' was prosecuted, or myself. If you practise poetry the way I think it needs to be done, you're going to put yourself in jeopardy. Amiri Baraka
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A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom. Amiri Baraka