Thank you to all who have written praising Amiri Baraka. This interview was truly amazing, as was the man. We are privileged to have hosted Mr. Baraka several times, reading to our audiences, especially to our high school audiences. He will truly be remembered as a visionary.
Thank you so very much for this. I keep Baraka close to me at all times, and hearing his voice and his wisdom is always a gift, one which you have given to us with this video.
Amiri Baraka speaks from the soul. It's no wonder it upsets some people, and so it bloody should. It should shame people down from their skin to their parched and crinkled hearts.
Inspiring interview. Artists should grasp the power to create their own networks to produce and distribute their work outside of the permission of given establishments.
Thank you for watching, and Mr. Baraka had interesting things to say about those networks. If you liked this interview, perhaps the show with Sekou Sundiata (who talks about those networks in the music business) would be a good one to try next.
Thank you, Mr. Baraka. Continued to teach. Until we (as a people) circle the wagons and promote positive and truthful content, the powers that be will continue to promote negative stereotypes and modern-day minstrels. And pay others who look like us a lot of money to promote foolishness. Just look around you!
Agreed -- Baraka is amazing. If you enjoyed this program, try our show with Martín Espada or the show with Sekou Sundiata. Thanks for watching. HoCoPoLitSo
Thank you for watching, and for complimenting Mr. Miller. Ethelbert has been one of our favorite hosts, and poets, for more than two decades. He doesn't seem to age. And he and Baraka really connected. We were so privileged to have Mr. Baraka read for our audiences twice.
Hi Ayesha Karim, Amiri Baraka is a national treasure. I'm glad you enjoyed the show with him -- he is a riot in person. All the best, and keep writing, HoCoPoLitSo
Reading Dapper Dan book & he named dropped Amiri .... "When he wasn’t busy drawing in his sketchbook, he was exposing us to all the latest music. Coltrane and Miles and Mingus. He had us listening to beat poetry by Allen Ginsberg and Amiri Baraka." I found out about Amiri through Def Poetry
What a confluence of influences! Amiri Baraka was a phenomenal influencer before that word was coined. I'm so glad you found his work, and this video. We hope you remain a fan of poetry.
Thank you. We think so too. Try a few more of our real talk interviews with authors -- poets like Sekou Sundiata, Lucille Clifton, Paula Meehan and Phil Levine.
In discovering this excellent interview, I stumbled upon a buried treasure trove. Although I've read bits and pieces of his oeuvre, seein' him engaged so passionately in conversation gave me an appreciation of the joyful Amiri Baraka. P.S. Nice job on the interview.
Baraka's plays and poetry are groundbreaking and inspiring to this day. We need his wisdom today more than ever.
Thank you to all who have written praising Amiri Baraka. This interview was truly amazing, as was the man. We are privileged to have hosted Mr. Baraka several times, reading to our audiences, especially to our high school audiences. He will truly be remembered as a visionary.
Thank you. We agree; he was phenomenal with student audiences, and adult. A visionary indeed.
Thank you so very much for this. I keep Baraka close to me at all times, and hearing his voice and his wisdom is always a gift, one which you have given to us with this video.
... be part of the struggle to transform reality. Legacy indeed.
Thank you for your comment. We are all mourning the loss of this legend.
The end of this interview was EPIC, POWERFUL, TELLING, and of course relevant to 2022.
Isn't that the truth? He was a kind of prophet, as well as a poet.
Amiri Baraka speaks from the soul. It's no wonder it upsets some people, and so it bloody should. It should shame people down from their skin to their parched and crinkled hearts.
@Peter Kelner XD I bet you're a hoot at parties
. . . on this earth you walked now in heaven you fly . . .
Inspiring interview. Artists should grasp the power to create their own networks to produce and distribute their work outside of the permission of given establishments.
Thank you for watching, and Mr. Baraka had interesting things to say about those networks. If you liked this interview, perhaps the show with Sekou Sundiata (who talks about those networks in the music business) would be a good one to try next.
RIP Author & Activist Amiri Baraka. Your Legacy Lives On!
Thank you, Mr. Baraka. Continued to teach. Until we (as a people) circle the wagons and promote positive and truthful content, the powers that be will continue to promote negative stereotypes and modern-day minstrels. And pay others who look like us a lot of money to promote foolishness. Just look around you!
That was all love from an elder...
Incredible man.
RIP Amiri Baraka
Forever Remained , Stained and Framed in my Cerebral Cortex.
Agreed -- Baraka is amazing. If you enjoyed this program, try our show with Martín Espada or the show with Sekou Sundiata. Thanks for watching.
HoCoPoLitSo
Mr. Miller, stellar interview. Bravo.
Thank you for watching, and for complimenting Mr. Miller. Ethelbert has been one of our favorite hosts, and poets, for more than two decades. He doesn't seem to age. And he and Baraka really connected. We were so privileged to have Mr. Baraka read for our audiences twice.
hocopolitso "pretty woke". nigga you gay (I'm white by the way)
RIP AMIRI BARAKA
my mom wanted to run away to Cuba at that time, of course she was stuck with a baby. lol. Castro inspired a lot of people.
Hi Ayesha Karim,
Amiri Baraka is a national treasure. I'm glad you enjoyed the show with him -- he is a riot in person. All the best, and keep writing, HoCoPoLitSo
Requiescat in pace, Mr. Baraka.
Amiri Baraka on his poetry and breaking wind.
RIP
happy earthstrong
quotes Larry Darnell "you poor sad foolish fool" 14:00
Thanks so much for watching. We are all saddened at the loss of Baraka.
hocopolitso Yes. Strength to all those who carry the torch
Wait E Ethel Bert?
Somebody tried hard to fit in with them folks. Harder than me...
"The writers have to begin... to create more of an alternative network. They have to be able to publish themselves."
Incoming... Tiktok
Reading Dapper Dan book & he named dropped Amiri .... "When he wasn’t busy drawing in his sketchbook, he was exposing us to all the latest music. Coltrane and Miles and Mingus. He had us listening to beat poetry by Allen Ginsberg and Amiri Baraka." I found out about Amiri through Def Poetry
What a confluence of influences! Amiri Baraka was a phenomenal influencer before that word was coined. I'm so glad you found his work, and this video. We hope you remain a fan of poetry.
In my Arts lecture list, there is a poem called 'Wise I' by Amiri Baraka. This is the reason I came here.
I'm so glad a poem inspired you to watch. Keep reading, and watching!
Pure brilliance...and REAL talk.
Thank you. We think so too. Try a few more of our real talk interviews with authors -- poets like Sekou Sundiata, Lucille Clifton, Paula Meehan and Phil Levine.
Y’all make me dig myself more and I’m only at the introduction 😁😁😁😁😁
Thank you very much and God Bless You, Amiri Baraka.
In discovering this excellent interview, I stumbled upon a buried treasure trove. Although I've read bits and pieces of his oeuvre, seein' him engaged so passionately in conversation gave me an appreciation of the joyful Amiri Baraka. P.S. Nice job on the interview.
Thank you so much for your comment, Marchal. Passionate is a good word to describe Mr. Baraka!
This was great❤
Amiri Baraka (Newark, 7 de octubre de 1934 − Newark, 9 de enero de 2014), fue un poeta, escritor y crítico musical marxista-leninista.