Baraka’s New York September 24th, 2009
New York City is a place of origins, where some of the most profound shifts in the cultural landscape find their roots. It’s an interesting paradox, because New York is also one of the historical landmarks where experiments that have already begun can find their real place, and feed the sense of continuity. The American musical found its beginnings here, but only because its historical precursors found their way here in the imaginations and hearts of the diverse people who made it into something wholly original. It has a style and a rhythm that is truly its own, driven by desire for the good life. It’s no surprise that for luxury hotels, New York City is a kind of high water mark. Here, the good life is not only found, but mastered.
Our hotels are a splendid selection of the best hotels in the world, offering a unique breed of hospitality that thrives on pleasing and dazzling its guests. It has to dazzle, because it has to compete with the amazing offerings the city itself holds. Repeated visitors always find something new to love here, and first-time guests find the same energy that attracts some of the best minds in the world. New York is a home to many geniuses of form, and there is no genius as eclectic and innovative as the poet Amiri Baraka.
Baraka is a native of Newark, where he still keeps his home. In the basement, he and his wife, Amina Baraka, run a theater that shows experimental films to a very select audience. This is one of the small cultural offerings that Baraka has offered the world. He is one of the finest living poets, having spanned several decades of intense creative activity that don’t show any signs of slowing down. He is also one of the most distinguished speakers, and has engagements all over the world to talk about black poetics, contemporary culture, and anything that he feels like talking about. He is one of the solid fixtures in New York’s cultural landscape, having carved an identity based in the rootlessness of the Beat generation and roots as deep as traditional African aesthetics. A true New York original.
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