Cultural Writing. Essays. Politics. In 2007, Akashic Books ushered Amiri Baraka back into the forefront of America's literary consciousness with the short story collection TALES OF THE OUT & THE GONE. This reissue, part of Akashic's Renegade Reprint Series, features a highly provocative and profoundly insightful collection of 1960s social and political essays. LeRoi Jones (now known as Amiri Baraka) is the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He was named Poet Laureate of New Jersey by the N.J. Commission on Humanities, from 2002-2004. His last two books of poetry, SOMEBODY BLEW UP AMERICA & OTHER POEMS and UN POCO LOW COUP received tremendous critical acclaim.

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LeRoi Jones (now known as Amiri Baraka) is the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He was named Poet Laureate of New Jersey from 2002 to 2004 by the New Jersey Commission on Humanities. His most recent book, Tales of the Out & the Gone (Akashic Books, 2007), was a New York Times Editors' Choice and winner of a PEN/Beyond Margins Award. He lives in Newark, New Jersey.