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Ishmael Reed Appearance at Twelfth National Black Writers Conference on CSPAN

Ishmael Reed participated on the panel “Maintaining Cultural Legacies: The Black Arts and Umbra Movements” as part of the 12th National Black Writers Conference, which took place from March 27-30, 2014 in New York City. Panelists talked about how to define Black literature and Black literary classics, and how the traditions of the Black Arts Movement and the Umbra Movement influenced the Black literary tradition. To watch the video, click here.

Ishmael Reed Curates San Francisco Jazz Poetry Festival

The festival, curated by SFJazz Poet Laureate Ishmael Reed, pairs poetry with jazz, and each evening is split into two shows spotlighting different ethnicities. Ishmael Reed has assembled lineups showcasing black, Latino, Jewish, LGBT, Native American, Irish American, Italian American and Asian American artists.For more information about the event, click here.

Ishmael Reed on Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist

This summer, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents the traveling exhibition "Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist," the first retrospective of the artist’s paintings in two decades. A catalogue accompanies the exhibition, featuring critical texts by poet/essayist/novelist Ishmael Reed.

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Politics, poetry and art highlighted at Black Arts Movement conference in Merced

Black History Month came to a close in dynamic fashion over the weekend in Merced, as poets, musicians, artists and activists convened a three-day conference titled "The Black Arts Movement and Its Influences: 50 Years On." Ishmael Reed delivered the keynote speech. http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/03/02/3525620/politics-poetry-and-art-...

Ishmael Reed Presents The Final Version at Nuyorican Poets Café

The play  is currently running at Nuyorican Poets Café through January 19. http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/01-2014/award-win...

The President of the Cool

Ishmael Reed writes on President Obama and jazz for The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/opinion/the-president-of-the-cool.html?_r=0

'When I Die I Will Go To Jazz' Installed at SFJAZZ

Last week, SFJAZZ Poet Laureate Ishmael Reed's poem "When I Die I Will Go To Jazz" was installed on the north gate of Raise Up Off Me Alley (named to honor jazz legend Hampton Hawes) at the SFJAZZ Center.  http://sfjazz.blogspot.com/2013/11/when-i-die-i-will-go-to-jazz-ishmael.html

THE FINAL VERSION to Premiere at Nuyorican Poets' Cafe

Ishmael Reed's play will run from 12/12 to 1/19 at the iconic venue in Manhattan.  http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-FINAL-VERSION-World-Premiere-Set-for-Nuyorican-Poets-Cafe-1212-119-20131127

"Do Book Awards Matter?"

Ishmael Reed writes for the Wall Street Journal on the question of awarding literature. http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/11/23/do-book-awards-matter/

Ishmael Reed Celebrates the Umbra Workshop

Reed joined other founders of Umbra at an event at the Center for the Humanities at CUNY. http://alyoung.org/2013/11/22/celebrating-the-umbra-workshop-the-center-for-the-humanities-cuny/

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