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Amiri Baraka Fan Casting | myCast.io

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Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka

Died at 91

born October 7, 1934

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Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones October 7, 1934), formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, is an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and has taught at a number of universities, including the State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received the PEN Open Book Award, formerly known as the Beyond Margins Award, in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.

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Bulworth

Bulworth

1 P.M. (One Parallel Movie)

1 P.M. (One Parallel Movie)

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

Death of a Prophet

Death of a Prophet

Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

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I’ve Seen The Promised Land

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