From a Reading at the Asilomar Negro Writers Conference, Pacific Grove, California, early August, 1964
Introduction (0:36): MP3
As a Possible Lover (0:52): MP3
A Contract for the Destruction and Rebuilding of Patterson (2:12): MP3
The Dance (1:43): MP3
A Poem for Speculative Hipsters (0:36): MP3
Black Dada Nihilismus (4:02): MP3
Snake Eyes (0:39): MP3
Short Speech to My Friends (2:27): MP3
Houdini (0:46): MP3
A Poem Some People Will Have to Understand (1:20): MP3
Tightrope (0:23):
Kenyatta Listening to Mozart (1:08): MP3 (this poem discussed on PoemTalk at the Writers House )
Mise En Scene, Newark 1947 (0:49): MP3
Three Modes of History and Culture (2:49): MP3
Blue Whitey (0:26): MP3
The Bronze Buckaroo (2:08): MP3
Discussion (24:35): MP3
Complete reading (49:12): MP3
"Kenyatta Listening to Mozart" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 20 .
Reading, Date Unknown
Complete Recording, (1:04:48)MP3
Recording courtesy of Michael Davidson
Reading "The Revolutionary Theatre," Unknown Date and Place
Complete recording (11:40): MP3
I Liked Us Better - Amiri Baraka (03:27): MP3
Somebody Call A Doctor - Amiri Baraka (00:33): MP3
More Amiri Baraka Poems
Somebody Blew Up America (7:59): MP3 (Recorded by Chris Funkhouser )
Whoosh (3:10): MP3 (Recorded by Chris Funkhouser )
The Mind of the President (0:44): MP3 (Recorded by Chris Funkhouser )
Black Dada Nihilismus (DJ Spooky mix) (4:12): MP3
A Black Mass Part 1 (15:43): MP3
A Black Mass Part 2 (19:51): MP3
For Pharaoh Sanders (0:54): MP3
In Walked Bud (2:43): MP3
Pressure to Grow (1:30): MP3
The X Is Black (Spike Lie) (3:07): MP3
"Wooden Negroes Appear at a Slam" and several "Low Coups" (5:08): MP3 recorded at his home in Newark, New Jersey, 9 July 2001
Class Struggle in Music II (4:58): MP3
Dope (5:05): MP3
Somebody Blew Up America text (2001); (11:12): MP3 ; YouTube
Something in the Way of Things (featuring the Roots) (7:04): MP3
The Academic Cowards of Reaction (2001) (5:21): MP3
Baraka Reads Charles Olson (footage by Henry Ferrini):