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 ...

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“Folks. This here is the story of the Loop Garoo Kid.

In this latest collection of essays, culled from the pages of the New York Times, Playboy, Counter Punch, and elsewhere, MacArthur fellow Ishmael Reed is at his most probing and fearless.

In Blues City, Ishmael Reed, one of our most brilliant essayists, takes us on a tour of Oakland, exploring its fascinating history, its beautiful hills and waterfronts, and its odd cultural juxtapositions.

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.

"For all the talk of the black aesthetic, few black novelists have broken sharply with the traditional devices of the realistic novel. One writer who departs from such conventions, however, is Ishmael Reed. . .

A new collection of essays first published in The New York Times and Playboy. Reed tackles subjects including Oakland, eugenics, and domestic violence,

Originally published in 1982 by St. Martin's Press.

Ishmael Reed's career as one of our great playwrights has long been eclipsed by his other work.