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The text of Ishmael Reed's acclaimed play THE SLAVE WHO LOVED CAVIAR will publish from Archway Editions (distributed by Simon & Schuster) on November 14th, 2023. Already the subject of controversy during its original 2021-2022 run at the Theater for the New City in the East Village, Archway Editions is proud to bring you the unabridged text of THE SLAVE WHO LOVED CAVIAR, Ishmael Reed’s latest feat of research and drama, the tragedy as disturbingly real for today’s artists as it was in the 1980’s. Click here to pre-order your copy now: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Slave-Who-Loved-Caviar/Ishmae...
On October 26th, 2023, Ishmael Reed will be honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation in Washington, DC alongside fellow honorees Carol Anderson and Troy Johnson. Ishmael will receive The North Star Award, given once yearly to an exceptional innovator in supporting and sustaining Black literature. Read the press release here: https://hurstonwright.salsalabs.org/2023legacyawardsnominees
Ishmael Reed's latest Audible Original, THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF, is out now! Click here to order: https://adbl.co/3kkOLF9
In March 2023, Ishmael Reed's newest play, THE CONDUCTOR, premiered at Theater for the New City. Now THE CONDUCTOR has been invited to return for a second three week engagement at Theater for the New City. The performances will run at 8 PM EST Thursday through Saturday, with a 3 PM EST matinee on Sunday. from August 24, -September 10, 2023. Tickets will be available at www.theaterforthenewcity.net.
Learn more about THE CONDUCTOR in this Broadway World feature: https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/Theater-for-the-N...
Ishmael Reed is the recipient of the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, presented by the Cleveland Foundation! Click here to read more and watch the award announcement from Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: https://www.anisfield-wolf.org/2022/04/class-of-2022/ 
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