Imamu Amiri Baraka

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“his address
to the grey monsters of the world,”
—Imamu Amiri Baraka (b. 1934)

“For all of him dead and
gone and vanished from us, and all of him which
clings to our speech black god of our time.”
—Imamu Amiri Baraka (b. 1934)

“Saturday mornings we listened to Red Lantern & his undersea folk.
At 11, Let’s Pretend/& we did/& I, the poet, still do, Thank God!”
—Imamu Amiri Baraka (b. 1934)

“For all of him dead and
gone and vanished from us, and all of him which
clings to our speech black god of our time.”
—Imamu Amiri Baraka (b. 1934)

“Back home the black women are all beautiful”
—Imamu Amiri Baraka (b. 1934)