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

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2006 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.