Tales
Published on 25. February 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-61775-395-4 (ISBN)
Description
This reissue of a 1967 story collection shows a mind in motion and graphs Baraka's thoughts during that turbulent period.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 177 mm
Width: 123 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
133 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61775-395-4 (9781617753954)
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Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones (1934--2014) was the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He was named poet laureate of New Jersey by the New Jersey Commission for the Humanities, from 2002--2004. His short story collection Tales of the Out & the Gone (Akashic Books) was a New York Times Editors' Choice and won a 2008 PEN/Beyond Margins Award. He is also the author of Home: Social Essays, Black Music, and The System of Dante's Hell, among other works.