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Author : Ishmael Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Conversations with Ishmael Reed written by Ishmael Reed and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collections of interviews with notable modern writers
Author : Ishmael Reed
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9780878058150
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (581 download)
Download or read book Conversations with Ishmael Reed written by Ishmael Reed and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1995 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conversations with Ishmael Reed edited by Bruce Dick and Amritjit Singh As a fiercely independent thinker, Ishmael Reed, author of Mumbo Jumbo, Flight to Canada, Reckless Eyeballing, and other works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, is often in conflict with the culture that appears to have a compulsive need to cage its artists and intellectuals in worn-out cliches and labels. As a writer who experiments in many forms and genres, and one who embraces postmodernism rather than protest and naturalism, Reed defies popular conceptions of what American writers, particularly black American male writers, should be or do. In this collection of candid interviews, Reed discusses how critics, especially from the northeastern establishment, have consistently marginalized African American writers by placing them in the "either-or thing of Christianity and Communism." As he does in his writing, Reed uses invective, satire, and humor to show how those people judging American literature "have made no attempt to understand recent American writing." Bruce Dick is a professor of English and African American studies at Appalachian State University. Amritjit Singh is a professor of English and African American studies at Ohio University.
Author : Ishmael Reed
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)
Download or read book A Conversation with Ishmael Reed written by Ishmael Reed and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ishmael Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781771860406
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Complete Muhammad Ali written by Ishmael Reed and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including material and photographs not included in most of the 100 other books about the champion, Ishmael Reed's The Complete Muhammad Ali is more than just a biography--it is a fascinating portrait of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. An honest, balanced portrayal of Ali, the book includes voices that have been omitted from other books. It charts Ali's evolution from Black Nationalism to a universalism, but does not discount the Nation of Islam and Black Nationalism's important influence on his intellectual development. Filipino American author Emil Guillermo speaks about how "The Thrilla' In Manila" brought the Philippines into the 20th century. Fans of Muhammad Ali, boxing fans, and those interested in modern African American history and the Nation of Islam will be fascinated by this biography by an accomplished American author.
Author : Ishmael Reed
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453287973
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)
Download or read book Mumbo Jumbo written by Ishmael Reed and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVIshmael Reed’s inspired fable of the ragtime era, in which a social movement threatens to suppress the spread of black culture—hailed by Harold Bloom as one of the five hundred greatest books of the Western canon/divDIV In 1920s America, a plague is spreading fast. From New Orleans to Chicago to New York, the “Jes Grew” epidemic makes people desperate to dance, overturning social norms in the process. Anyone is vulnerable and when they catch it, they’ll bump and grind into a frenzy. Working to combat the Jes Grew infection are the puritanical Atonists, a group bent on cultivating a “Talking Android,” an African American who will infiltrate the unruly black communities and help crush the outbreak. But PaPa LaBas, a houngan voodoo priest, is determined to keep his ancient culture—including a key spiritual text—alive. /divDIV /divDIVSpanning a dizzying host of genres, from cinema to academia to mythology, Mumbo Jumbo is a lively ride through a key decade of American history. In addition to ragtime, blues, and jazz, Reed’s allegory draws on the Harlem Renaissance, the Back to Africa movement, and America’s occupation of Haiti. His style throughout is as avant-garde and vibrant as the music at its center./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Ishmael Reed including rare images of the author./div/div
Author : Ishmael Reed
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1576875512
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (768 download)
Download or read book The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda written by Ishmael Reed and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “That’s a lot of horse hockey, Hamilton.” Described by the New York Times as “classic activist theater” and “a cross between ‘A Christmas Carol’ and a trial at The Hague’s International Criminal Court.” "In this, his latest work, the protean Ishmael Reed--the legendary artist and prolific writer--continues to burnish his already sterling reputation by dismantling the 'Creation Myth' of the founding of the U.S., as represented in the incredibly profitable play and musical, Hamilton. Reed, a verbal acrobat of global renown, demonstrates here why he is widely considered to be the leading intellectual in the U.S. today." -Gerald Horne, author of The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the USA This powerful play, originally produced at the Nuyorican Poets Café, comprehensively dismantles the phenomenon of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hamilton. Reed uses the musical’s crimes against history to insist on a radical, cleareyed way of looking at our past and our selves. Both durable and timely, this goes beyond mere corrective – it is a meticulously researched rebuttal, an absorbing drama, and brilliant rallying cry for justice. The perfect tie-in to both the success of and backlash to Hamilton, it is the major voice in contrast to the recent movie. It captures both the earnest engagement that fans of the musical desire, as well as the exhausted disbelief of those who can’t stand it. Teachers, students and fans of drama, literature, and history will find much to love. It is written by one of America’s most respected and original writers, who is eagerly promoting it, and who is long overdue for a renaissance.
Author : Ishmael Reed
Publisher : Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN 13 : 9781564782373
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)
Download or read book Reckless Eyeballing written by Ishmael Reed and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masochism is out and feminism is in, Jews are out and Germans are in, race is out and gender is in, and everyone's fighting (and rewriting) for a piece of the pie. Jewish director Jim Minsk disappears during a trip to the South. Black playwright Ian Ball writes the all-female play Reckless Eyeballing in hopes of getting off the "sex-list." Preeminent playwright Jack Brashford, claiming the Jews stole all his black material, decides to write about Armenians. In the background, an unknown assailant dubbed the "Flower Phantom" runs loose through the city shaving heads of prominent black feminists (to the secret delight of black men).In this hilarious, devastating, but also deeply sympathetic novel, Ishmael Reed turns characters on the backs, sides, tops and bottoms to expose the multiple hypocrisies at the heart of American culture.
Author : Ishmael Reed
Publisher : Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN 13 : 9781564782366
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)
Download or read book The Last Days of Louisiana Red written by Ishmael Reed and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Last Days of Louisiana Red blends paradox, hyperbole, understatement and signifyin' so expertly you can almost hear a droll black voice telling the tales as you read it." The New Republic
Author : Ishmael Reed
Publisher : Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN 13 : 1564785513
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (647 download)
Download or read book Ishmael Reed written by Ishmael Reed and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 2009-09-02 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning plays of one of the most celebrated and innovative American writers of our time. Ishmael Reed’s career as one of our great playwrights has long been eclipsed by his other work. Here published for the first time, Reed’s plays follow the ancient tradition of using the theater as a forum in which the official versions of our history can be critiqued. Dealing with subjects that mainstream theatergoers might find disturbing—homelessness, the arbitrary entrapment of a black politician, the excesses of the radical feminist movement, the use of black conservatives to promote right-wing agendas, the exploitation of blacks and Africans as unsuspecting guinea pigs by the pharmaceutical industry, and the hypocrisy of the Christian church—Reed’s plays are a pungent antidote to the watered-down world of contemporary pop culture, where, Reed argues, minority voices remain as marginalized and stigmatized as they were a hundred years ago.
Author : Richard Wilbur
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156654913
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (549 download)
Download or read book New and Collected Poems written by Richard Wilbur and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1989 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection including six earlier volumes of Wilbur's poetry, twenty-seven new poems, and a cantata.
Author : Daniel Backer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578961552
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (615 download)
Download or read book Lionel Lancet and the Right Vibe written by Daniel Backer and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Art Lancet dies, his lazy grandson Lionel is named the heir to his estate. Lionel, who spends his days smoking weed and watching atheists on YouTube, expects wealth from his inheritance and a guarantee that his life will be work-free. Instead, he inherits a foundation mired in legal trouble and a job at the Hotel Bellehaven, a seaside resort managed by a failed film producer who verbally abuses him in front of guests. With lawsuits looming, Lionel reluctantly faces the almost insurmountable obstacle of working for a living. To make matters worse, a famous actress takes an interest in him and tests his atheism with her spiritual bent. Lionel worries that he'll be stuck with a beautiful celebrity at a luxurious hotel forever until he begins to suspect that there might be a conspiracy to kill him in a ritual sacrifice. Blending noir and psychedelia, Lionel Lancet and the Right Vibe is a satire of self-aggrandizing spirituality, cultural appropriation, and dark money in right-wing politics.
Author : Ishmael Reed
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780786717880
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (178 download)
Download or read book New and Collected Poems, 1964-2006 written by Ishmael Reed and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culled from four decades of writing, a volume of multicultural poetry offers insight into the MacArthur fellow's spiritual and political beliefs as well as his journeys throughout America, Japan, Africa, and other regions, in an anthology that includes pieces on such topics as war, prejudice, and George W. Bush.
Author : Ishmael Reed
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book MultiAmerica written by Ishmael Reed and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1997 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection representing "the authentic voice of the new Rainbow America," including African American, Native American, Asian American and Euro-ethnic.
Author : Ishmael Reed
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453287981
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)
Download or read book Flight to Canada written by Ishmael Reed and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVIshmael Reed’s parody of slave narratives—the classical literature of the African American tradition—which redefined the neo-slave genre and launched a lucrative academic industry/divDIV Some parodies are as necessary as the books they answer. Such is the case with Flight to Canada, Ishmael Reed’s scathing, offbeat response to conventional anti-slavery novels such as Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Though Flight to Canada has been classified by some as a “post race” novel, the villains and the heroes are clear./divDIV /divDIVThree slaves are on the run from the Swille plantation. Among them, the most hotly pursued is Raven Quickskill, a poet who seeks freedom in Canada, and ultimately hopes to return and liberate others. But this particular Civil War–era landscape is littered with modern elements, from Xerox copiers to airplanes, and freely reimagines historic figures as sacred as Abraham Lincoln. A comedy flashing with insight, Flight to Canada poses serious questions about history and the complex ways that race relations in America are shaped by the past. /divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Ishmael Reed including rare images of the author./div
Author : Ishmael Reed
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Blues City written by Ishmael Reed and published by Crown. This book was released on 2003 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers can take a walk through the vibrant multicultural stew of Oakland, California, conducted by one of America's most distinguished intellectuals and satirists.
Author : Ishmael Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780883783535
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (835 download)
Download or read book Black Hollywood Unchained written by Ishmael Reed and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Twenty-eight contributors including the book's editor, Ishmael Reed, offer insightful, informed and provocative points of view of the ever changing, yet unchanged, landscape of Hollywood and film production in America"--P. [4] of cover.
Author : Ishmael Reed
Publisher : Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN 13 : 156478777X
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (647 download)
Download or read book Ishmael Reed written by Ishmael Reed and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ishmael Reed's career as one of our great playwrights has long been eclipsed by his other work. Here published for the first time, Reed's plays follow the ancient tradition of using the theater as a forum in which the official versions of our history can be critiqued. Dealing with subjects that mainstream theatergoers might find disturbing—homelessness, the arbitrary entrapment of a black politician, the excesses of the radical feminist movement, the use of black conservatives to promote right-wing agendas, the exploitation of blacks and Africans as unsuspecting guinea pigs by the pharmaceutical industry, and the hypocrisy of the Christian church—Reed's plays are a pungent antidote to the watered-down world of contemporary pop culture, where, Reed argues, minority voices remain as marginalized and stigmatized as they were a hundred years ago.
