Ishmael Reed

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editor essayist human novelist playwright poet publisher satirist

Ishmael Reed is an American novelist, poet, essayist, and satirist known for his innovative, genre-blending works that critique racism, politics, and mainstream cultural narratives.

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Ishmael Reed canonical 32

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instanceOf editor ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
satirist ⓘ
awardReceived American Book Award ⓘ
MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
National Book Award finalist ⓘ
surface form: National Book Award nomination
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1938-02-22 ⓘ
educatedAt University at Buffalo North Campus ⓘ
surface form: University at Buffalo
employer University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Reed ⓘ
founded Before Columbus Foundation ⓘ
Ishmael Reed Publishing Company ⓘ
Yardbird Publishing ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
experimental fiction ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
satire ⓘ
givenName Ishmael ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainTheme critique of American politics ⓘ
critique of mainstream cultural narratives ⓘ
critique of racism ⓘ
movement Black Arts Movement ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
name Ishmael Reed self-link ⓘ
notableWork Air Tight ⓘ
Conjure: Selected Poems, 1963–1970 ⓘ
Flight to Canada ⓘ
Japanese by Spring ⓘ
Mumbo Jumbo ⓘ
Reckless Eyeballing ⓘ
Shrovetide in Old New Orleans ⓘ
The Free-Lance Pallbearers ⓘ
The Last Days of Louisiana Red ⓘ
Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down ⓘ
occupation university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chattanooga ⓘ
surface form: Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
positionHeld professor of English ⓘ
religion Afrocentric spiritual traditions (often explored in his work) ⓘ
residence Oakland ⓘ
surface form: Oakland, California, United States
writingStyle genre-blending ⓘ
intertextual ⓘ
satirical ⓘ

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Black Arts Movement → notableFigure → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
American Book Award → foundedBy → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing → contributor → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Ishmael Reed → name → Ishmael Reed self-link ⓘ
Ralph Ellison → influenced → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Before Columbus Foundation → foundedBy → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Oakland High School → hasNotableAlumnus → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Ishmael → name → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
subject surface form: Ishmael Reed
Mumbo Jumbo → author → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
The Free-Lance Pallbearers → author → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
The Free-Lance Pallbearers → isDebutWorkOf → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down → author → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Flight to Canada → author → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Reckless Eyeballing → author → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Japanese by Spring → author → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
The Last Days of Louisiana Red → author → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Conjure: Selected Poems, 1963–1970 → author → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Conjure: Selected Poems, 1963–1970 → creator → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Conjure: Selected Poems, 1963–1970 → hasAuthor → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Conjure: Selected Poems, 1963–1970 → isEarlyWorkOf → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Shrovetide in Old New Orleans → author → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Air Tight → author → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Air Tight → creator → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Air Tight → isLesserKnownWorkOf → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Ishmael Reed Publishing Company → foundedBy → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Ishmael Reed Publishing Company → namedAfter → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Ishmael Reed Publishing Company → hasNotablePerson → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Ishmael Reed Publishing Company → associatedWith → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Yardbird Publishing → associatedWith → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Yardbird Publishing → hasNotablePerson → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Black Fire → contributor → Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Black Fire anthology → notableContributor → Ishmael Reed ⓘ