Amiri Baraka, superhero poet Amiri Baraka at the Miami Book Fair International, 2007. The great poet Amiri Baraka, a.k.a. Leroi Jones in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, passed away a couple months ago on Jan. 9. He was a highly visible poet and prominent member of the Beat Poets.
March 21, 2014 - The Barnstable Patriot