Every city has its bard. Chicago had Carl Sandburg. Paterson had William Carlos Williams. And Newark was lucky enough to have two: Amiri Baraka and Philip Roth. Hard to imagine two writers more ...

A newly restored film adaptation of Amiri Baraka’s provocative 1964 play evoking racial and sexual anxiety is showing at the Museum of Modern Art. By J. Hoberman A subway car encounter between a ...

‘The Dutchman’ Review: André Holland and Kate Mara Star in an Uneven Update of the Provocative Play Writer-director Andre Gaines takes Amiri Baraka's 1964 play about the encounter between a ...

The candidate rolled his eyes at the question. Ras Baraka — mayor of Newark, son of activist poet Amiri Baraka and one of only two people of color running for governor — clearly has gotten ...

"He [Amiri Baraka] is in Harlem, he's founding the Black arts movement, and then he makes a conscious decision," Keene said. "Harlem is great, but I'm going back — specifically to Newark.

Amiri Baraka, the legendary poet, playwright, activist, music critic and author, died on Thursday in New Jersey. He was 79 years old. Last month Baraka ...

Although Amiri Baraka’s 1964 play Dutchman is steeped with profound commentary on the era’s racism in the U.S., Andre Gaines ‘ contemporary adaptation takes the plot and the message to ...

"He [Amiri Baraka] is in Harlem, he's founding the Black arts movement, and then he makes a conscious decision," Keene said. "Harlem is great, but I'm going back — specifically to Newark.