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Baraka, Transitions: The man and the poetry

Posted by Jacques Wakefield | Apr 1, 2017 | Beatdom Content, Essays

Tenements absorbed the sun to brick and spread the heat like a steam iron, pressing ideas flat,...

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The Flying Dutchman:

Posted by Alyssa Cokinis | Jan 10, 2017 | Beatdom Content, Essays

An Overview of LeRoi Jones’ Greatest Commentary on the Struggle of the Black Man and Racial...

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Beaten White

Posted by Alyssa Cokinis | Oct 28, 2015 | Beatdom Content, Essays

The Beat Generation found itself mystified by the black culture of the time. This mystification...

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Blood and Black Power on the Streets of Chicago

Posted by David S. Wills | Nov 14, 2014 | Beatdom Content, Essays

This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15: the WAR issue. By Pat Thomas “Black Power:...

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“A Fish With Frog’s Eyes”: Bob Kaufman, George Romero and the Power of Radioactivity

Posted by David S. Wills | Apr 23, 2014 | Beatdom Content

By Kurt Kline In the poetry of Bob Kaufman, the poet is the healer, journeying down...

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