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Ishmael Reed

Ishmael Reed is a Distinguished Professor at California College of the Arts. He runs Konch magazine.

  • James Baldwin in his home, New York, late 1970s
    James Baldwin in his home, New York, late 1970s
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    On Tokens and Tokenism

    From George Washington to Jill Biden, Black literature has long been plagued by ignorant white patrons, who arbitrarily anoint a few writers as symbols of the Black experience

    byIshmael Reed
  • ‘I figured that something extra-literary was happening around Alice Walker when a woman calling into KPFA Pacifica addressed Walker as “The Living Buddha.”’ Alice Walker, December 2015, in New York City
    ‘I figured that something extra-literary was happening around Alice Walker when a woman calling into KPFA Pacifica addressed Walker as “The Living Buddha.”’ Alice Walker, December 2015, in New York City
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    The Alice Walker Cult

    A novelist who spreads falsehoods about Black males and Jews is an object of white feminist worship

    byIshmael Reed
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    Do American Jews Still Believe They’re White?

    And how is it possible that some Jews are still shocked that they’re hated in America?

    byIshmael Reed
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