Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones)

PennSound Amiri Baraka page edited by William J. Harris

From a Reading at the Asilomar Negro Writers Conference, Pacific Grove, California
December 20, 1964
Complete Recording (24:41)

1. Introduction (0:36)
2. As a Possible Lover (0:52)
3. A Contract for the Destruction and Rebuilding of Patterson (2:12)
4. The Dance (1:43)
5. A Poem for Speculative Hipsters (0:36)
6. Black Dada Nihilismus (4:02)
7. Snake Eyes (0:39)
8. Short Speech to My Friends (2:27)
9. Houdini (0:46)
10. A Poem Some People Will Have to Understand (1:20)
11. Tightrope (0:23)
12. Kenyata Listening to Mozart (1:08)
13. Mise En Scene, Newark 1947 (0:49)
14. Three Modes of History and Culture (2:49)
15. Blue Whitey (0:26)
16. The Bronze Buckaroo (2:08)

From a Reading at San Francisco State University, 4 March 1965
Complete Recording (47:14)

1. Introduction (4:50)
2. Snake Eyes (0:40)
3. A Poem for Speculative Hipsters (0:34)
4. Black Bourgeoisie (0:54)
5. Young Soul (0:49)
6. Poem for Half-White College Students (1:46)
7. Western Front (1:24)
8. In One Battle (1:00)
9. Bad Mouth (0:50)
10. Ghosts (0:50)
11. Where's the Romantic Life? (0:57)
12. Three Movements and a Coda (1:28)
13. Blue Whitey (0:25)
14. 3rd Avenue (0:50)
15. Poem for Bald Heads (1:04)
16. Houdini (0:59)
17. The People Burning (4:01)
18. Chapter 1 of "A New World" (22:03)

More Amiri Baraka Poems

Black Dada Nihilismus (DJ Spooky mix) (4:12)
A Black Mass Part 1 (15:43)
A Black Mass Part 2 (19:51)
For Pharaoh Sanders (0:54)
In Walked Bud (2:43)
Pressure to Grow (1:30)
The X Is Black (Spike Lie) (3:07)
"Wooden Negroes Appear at a Slam" and several "Low Coups" (5:08) recorded at his home in Newark, New Jersey, 9 July 2001

For more information on Baraka's recorded output, be sure to visit The Amiri Baraka Discography Project, edited by Marc Epstein

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2008 Amiri Baraka. Used with permission of author and Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. DJ Spooky mix used with the permission of Paul D. Miller. Distributed by PennSound.