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Da Capo Press

New and Collected Poems 1964-2007

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Named a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2006

One of the founding fathers of multi-cultural studies, award-winning writer Ishmael Reed first came to the attention of the literary world as a poet, and despite success as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and recording artist, has never ceased to be a poet. He delves into spiritual and political waters with his own unexpected and uniquely powerful voice. New and Collected Poems, 1966-2006 captures four decades of Reed's inimitable verse, a visionary journey from Chattanooga to New York, from Africa to Oakland. In language that is pointed, innovative, and profound, Reed weaves politics and war with Yoruba and Jazz, and takes on American culture, from prejudice to Pepsi to George W. Bush. In this important and long-awaited volume -- the first poetry collection from the MacArthur fellow in nearly twenty years -- one of America's most esteemed and intrepid poets, whose "Beware Do Not Read This Poem" has been cited by Gale Research as one of about 20 poems most frequently studied in literature courses, shows why Reed has helped define our cultural forefront from the '60s to today.

Book Details

Publisher:
Da Capo Press
ISBN:
9781568583419
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
512
Authors:
Ishmael Reed
Published Date:
2007-07-01
Language:
English

About Ishmael Reed

A poet, novelist, playwright, and cultural critic, Ishmael Reed was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and raised in Buffalo, New York. Associated with the Black Arts Movement, he developed an aesthetic he called Neo-HooDoo. His poetry collections include catechism of d neoamerican hoodoo church (Paul Breman, 1970), Conjure: Selected Poems, 1963–1970 (University of Massachusetts Press, 1972), a finalist for the National Book Award, and New and Collected Poems, 1964–2007 (Carroll & Graf, 2007). His novels include the satirical Mumbo Jumbo (Doubleday, 1972). He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1998 and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award.

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