New Jersey Poet Laureate Status Hangs in the Balance for Baraka
Before my current writing life, there was The Hilltop , Howard University’s and the Nation’s Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper, where many of the questions and themes I still explore first found their voice. What follows are my early published works, preserved in their original form. From The Hilltop Archives Originally published in The Hilltop , Howard University — November 1st, 2002 __________________________________________________________________________________ New Jersey Poet Laureate Status Hangs in the Balance for Baraka Renowned poet, playwright and former Howard University student Amiri Baraka vows to ''go to the Supreme Court'' if the New Jersey Legislature and Governor James McGreevey carry out their threat to revoke his appointment as the Garden State's poet laureate or block the $10,000 stipend that goes with the title. It isn't the money, said Baraka. ''Right now the most important thing to me is to disprove this lie tha...