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LiberalEsto

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6. Rest in peace, wonderful poet

Reply to gwheezie (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 12:01 PM

Jan 2014

I heard him read poetry many years ago. He was an amazing, gifted writer.

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Amiri Baraka died, rip, great activist and human [View all] gwheezie Jan 2014 OP

Shit. He was the advisor to my first college literary magazine KamaAina Jan 2014 #1

A very generous human being gwheezie Jan 2014 #2

I was hoping to catch him the next time DUTCHMAN played in NYC TheBlackAdder Jan 2014 #3

Farewell, Poet. nolabear Jan 2014 #4

my student posed for a pic with him NJCher Jan 2014 #5

Rest in peace, wonderful poet LiberalEsto Jan 2014 #6

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