{"product_id":"home-social-essays-9781933354675","title":"Home: Social Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Jones\/Baraka usually speaks as a Negro--and always as an American. He is eloquent, he is bold. He demands rights--not conditional favors.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2007, Akashic Books ushered Amiri Baraka back into the forefront of America's literary consciousness with the short story collection \u003cem\u003eTales of the Out \u0026amp; the Gone\u003c\/em\u003e. Now, this reissue of \u003cem\u003eHome\u003c\/em\u003e--long out of print--features a highly provocative and profoundly insightful collection of 1960s social and political essays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eHome\u003c\/em\u003e is, in effect, the ideological autobiography of LeRoi Jones\/Amiri Baraka. The two dozen essays that constitute this book were written during a five-year span--a turbulent and critical period for African Americans and whites. The Cuban Revolution, the Birmingham bombings, Robert Williams's Monroe Defense movement, the Harlem riots, the assassination of Malcolm X . . . each changed the way Jones\/Baraka looked at America. This progressive change is recorded with honesty, anger, and passion in his writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeRoi Jones (now known as Amiri Baraka) is the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He was named Poet Laureate of New Jersey by the N.J. Commission on Humanities, from 2002-2004. His last two books of poetry, Somebody Blew Up America \u0026amp; Other Poems and Un Poco Low Coup received tremendous critical acclaim.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478315831570,"sku":"9781933354675","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ab7d3670-9eeb-482b-bc2e-59144be4d4c4.jpg?v=1730295917","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/home-social-essays-9781933354675","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}