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A seminal Jones/Baraka literary landmine that launches Akashic Books' new African American-focused reprint series.
"Jones/Baraka usually speaks as a Negro-and always as an American. He is eloquent, he is bold. He demands rights-not conditional favors."-"The New York Times Book Review"

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 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 New Jersey Commission on Humanities, from 20022004. His most recent book, "Tales of the Out & the Gone "(Akashic Books, 2007), was a "New York Times "Editors' Choice. He lives in Newark, New Jersey.