Quote by: Amiri Baraka

I guess I was the most unbohemian of all bohemians. My bohemianism consisted of not wanting to get involved with the stupid stuff that I thought people wanted you to get involved with - ... namely America... Dwight Eisenhower, McCarthyism and all those great things.


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Author Bio


  • NameAmiri Baraka
  • DescriptionAfrican-American writer
  • AliasesImamu Amear Baraka; LeRoi Jones; Everett LeRoi Jones
  • BornOctober 7, 1934
  • DiedJanuary 9, 2014
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer; Playwright
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship