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THE FOOL WHO THOUGHT TOO MUCH on sale now!

Ishmael Reed's new Audible Original, THE FOOL WHO THOUGHT TOO MUCH, published today, 11/5/20! His previous Audible original MALCOLM AND ME was a bestseller. Buy it here: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Fool-Who-Thought-Too-Much-Audiobook/B08MB...

Allen Ginsberg and Ishmael Reed at the Library of Congress 1974: Listen and Read

On April 29, 1974, Allen Ginsberg and Ishmael Reed read at the Library of Congress's Coolidge Auditorium in front of a boisterous crowd. To listen to the audio of the event and read a transcript, click here: https://allenginsberg.org/2016/05/allen-ginsberg-and-ishmael-reed-1974-at-the-library-of-congress/

Ishmael Reed Op-Ed on freedom fighter A.J. Smitherman in The Buffalo News

"Smitherman was an idealist, a man whom racists couldn’t break, and a fugitive from mob justice. It is he who represents the best tradition of the city." Read more: https://buffalonews.com/opinion/who-deserves-a-statue-fillmore-or-smitherman/article_a0eb08b8-faa3-11ea-8c49-6b3603f6fc3f.html

Ishmael Reed Op-Ed on Black Democrats in the San Francisco Chronicle

"For many progressives, President Franklin D. Roosevelt is a hero, yet, he made a compact with Dixiecrats that Blacks be denied the benefits of programs that brought white ethnics into the middle class. Into whiteness." Read more: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/Unsung-role-of-Black-men-in-lifting-Democratic-15576234.php

THE HAUNTING OF LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA on sale now!

Order your copy of Ishmael Reed's acclaimed play, THE HAUNTING OF LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, today! It published on October 6, 2020 from Archway Editions. Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Lin-Manuel-Miranda-Ishmael-Reed/dp/1576879240

HAUNTING OF LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Coverage in CNN, Time, Esquire, and more

With the recent release of the musical HAMILTON on streaming platform Disney+, Ishmael Reed's acclaimed play THE HAUNTING OF LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA has been a big part of the conversation in the press. Check out the links below!

Ishmael Reed Op-Ed on the criminal justice system in The New York Times

"Every black southern family that I’m aware of has a cold case. The murder of a family member by a white man about which records might have disappeared or been deleted." Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/opinion/police-racism-miconduct.html

Ishmael Reed Op-Ed on Juneteenth in the San Francisco Chronicle

"Juneteenth is named for the date, June 19, 1865, that news of their Emancipation reached slaves in Texas. None of the pundits questioned why slaves were in Texas in the first place." Read more: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Juneteenth-The-end-of-Texas-history-of-slavery-15351231.php

CONJUGATING HINDI reviewed in Tribes Magazine

"All little stories when they grow up want to be Ishmael Reed novels." Read more: https://www.tribes.org/web/2018/7/9/review-of-ishmael-reeds-conjugating-hindi

PERSONAL PROBLEMS Re-Released

Originally intended to air on public television in 1980, this entirely African American-conceived and produced ensemble drama (written by Ishmael Reed) went unseen for decades. The original tapes have been carefully restored by Kino Lorber and the film is now available in its full-length version for the very first time! Read more: http://www.metacritic.com/movie/personal-problems-1980/trailers/10655340

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