A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom. - Amiri Baraka 1 Share Now -
The major poets of New Jersey have all suffered, whether it's Whitman, who lost his job for 'Leaves of Grass,' or William Carlos Williams, who was called a communist, or Ginsberg, whose 'Howl' was prosecuted, or myself. If you practise poetry the way I think it needs to be done, you're going to put yourself in jeopardy. - Amiri Baraka 2 Share Now -
There is other disturbing facts surround the hideous 911 attacks, which my family and I could see from the third floor bathroom window of our homes! - Amiri Baraka 3 Share Now -
