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The complete autobiography of a literary legend.

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"The story of Baraka's metamorphosis is itself part of the story of contemporary literature's development." -- Publishers Weekly
"Always a nuance ahead of everybody else, he is our more original writers. Nobody else comes close." --Ishmael Reed
"He is regarded by those closest to Black art as the nation's leading Black writer, which of course suggests that no other, however talented, has proven--in this time and place--more valuable to Black people." -- Ebony

The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones

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      Publisher: Chicago Review Press
      Publication Date: 01/03/1997
      ISBN13: 9781556522314, 978-1556522314
      ISBN10: 1556522312
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      Reference Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The complete autobiography of a literary legend.

      Trade Review
      "The story of Baraka's metamorphosis is itself part of the story of contemporary literature's development." -- Publishers Weekly
      "Always a nuance ahead of everybody else, he is our more original writers. Nobody else comes close." --Ishmael Reed
      "He is regarded by those closest to Black art as the nation's leading Black writer, which of course suggests that no other, however talented, has proven--in this time and place--more valuable to Black people." -- Ebony

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