baraka is at rutgers in nj. and as some have pointed out, he can be a pretty great writer at times. and as some others have pointed out, his politics have upset some people, to say the least. he's comes off as strongly seperatist, if not antisemetic, and lost his gig as poet laureate of new jersey (the only state that has one, if i remember right) for saying that israel knew about the sept 11 attacks and that jews stayed home from work that day. as i recall, anyway... kg np: bach festival on wkcr (over a week long, and streaming online) _________________________________________________________________ Grab our best dial-up Internet access offer: 6 months @$9.95/month. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup