An Agony. As Now.

Amiri Baraka

21 pages 42-minute read

Amiri Baraka

An Agony. As Now.

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1964

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The tortured voice of a soul trapped within its own body awaits your understanding in Baraka's powerful meditation on identity and oppression. Test your knowledge of this pivotal poem that helped launch the Black Arts Movement and explore themes of alienation that resonate through American literature.

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