Download or read book Selected Poetry of Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones written by Amiri Baraka and published by New York : Morrow. This book was released on 1979 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing these poems which the author most wants to preserve, this volume summarizes the career to date of the man who has been called "the father of modern black poetry." It confirms Amiri Baraka as one of the major figures of contemporary American poetry.