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Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed (b. 1938) is an acclaimed multifaceted writer whose work often engages with overlooked aspects of the American experience. He has published ten novels, including Fligh...view moreIshmael Reed (b. 1938) is an acclaimed multifaceted writer whose work often engages with overlooked aspects of the American experience. He has published ten novels, including Flight to Canada and Mumbo Jumbo, as well as plays and collections of essays and poetry. He was nominated for a National Book Award in both poetry and prose in 1972. Conjure (1972), a volume of poetry, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and his New and Collected Poems: 1964–2006 (2007) received a Gold Medal from the Commonwealth Club of California. Reed has also received a Lila Wallace–Reader’s Digest Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Blues Song Writer of the Year award from the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame, a Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the National Institute for Arts and Letters, and a MacArthur Fellowship. Reed taught at the University of California, Berkeley, for thirty-five years and currently lives in Oakland, California. view less
Books by Ishmael Reed
Mumbo Jumbo: A Novel Mumbo Jumbo: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Flight to Canada: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Muhammad Ali Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Juice!: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Collected Novels of Charles Wright: The Messenger, The Wig, and Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed About Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dark Eros: Black Erotic Writings Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Minister Primarily: A Novel Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The Complete Muhammad Ali Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBarack Obama and the Jim Crow Media: The Return of the Nigger Breakers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5