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Amiri Baraka dies at 79; provocative poet lauded, chided for social passion (http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-amiri-baraka-20140110,0,4037892.story)
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Never shy about his revolutionary views, Amiri Baraka gave New Jersey's governor fair warning of possible fireworks when he was named the state's poet laureate. "You're gonna catch hell for this," said Baraka, who began his lengthy literary career as LeRoi ...
UPDATE 1-US playwright, poet and activist Amiri Baraka dead at 79 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/09/usa-amiribaraka-idUSL2N0KJ2KM20140109)Reuters
Poet Amiri Baraka, political activist, dead at 79 (http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/09/showbiz/poet-amiri-baraka-dies/)CNN
Activist poet-playwright Amiri Baraka dies at 79 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/activist-poet-playwright-amiri-baraka-dies-at-79/2014/01/09/93084852-797f-11e3-a647-a19deaf575b3_story.html)Washington Post
NPR (http://www.npr.org/2014/01/09/261101520/amiri-baraka-poet-and-co-founder-of-black-arts-movement-dies-at-79) -New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/arts/amiri-baraka-polarizing-poet-and-playwright-dies-at-79.html?hpw&rref=theater) -TIME (http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/09/poet-amiri-baraka-is-dead-at-79/)
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