Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka)Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones (1934-2014) was the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He was named poet laureate of New Jersey by the New Jersey Commission for the Humanities, from 2002-2004. His short story collection Tles of the Out & the Gone (Akashic Books) was a New York Times Editors' Choice and won a 2008 PEN/Beyond Margins Award. He is also the author of Home: Social Essays, Black Music, and The System of Dante's Hell, among other works. Read More Read Less