AMIRI BARAKA'S ADVENTURES WITH THE OUT & THE GONE

Harris explores Amiri Baraka's idea of the Out and the Gone which he articulates in "The Author's Introduction" to his 2007 short story collection, Tales of the Out & the Gone. The Out is "out of the ordinary" because the artists are "just not where most other...

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Published inCallaloo Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 483 - 485
Main Author Harris, William J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01.07.2014
Subjects
Aesthetics
American literature
Anthologies
Avant garde
Baraka, Amiri (1934-2014)
Beat poetry
Bebop
Black Mountain poetry
Bradbury, Ray (1920-2012)
Commercial art
Free jazz
Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969)
Metaphor
Poets
Radio
Short stories
Tales
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Summary:Harris explores Amiri Baraka's idea of the Out and the Gone which he articulates in "The Author's Introduction" to his 2007 short story collection, Tales of the Out & the Gone. The Out is "out of the ordinary" because the artists are "just not where most other people" are, and the Gone is "even farther 'Out,' crazier, wilder, deeper, a 'heavier' metaphor, a deeper parable." In essence, Baraka is striving to create an art which is as invocative and as original as bebop or free jazz: he wants to inhabit the same world where a great cutting-edge work can be called "Out to Lunch" (1964), a simple title declaring a radical aesthetic by the great alto saxophonist, Eric Dolphy.
ISSN:0161-2492
1080-6512
1080-6512
DOI:10.1353/cal.2014.0126