Play about Muslim life debuts on 9/11 Sep 12, 2009
It was in a short story class with Pulitzer-nominated poet Ishmael Reed that he first started working on Crusaders. . (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
61 postmodern reads Jul 25, 2009
Also, where are Angela Carter, Ishmael Reed, Gunter Grass, Salman Rushdie, William Gibson and Samuel Delaney, amongst others. Posted by: Darran. (Harper's Magazine)
Politicians have embraced and reviled Jackson Jul 8, 2009
He contributed to a lot of charities and was close to the Rev. (Jesse) Jackson and to Rev. Sharpton, says poet and essayist Ishmael Reed, who wrote about Jackson in Mixing It Up, an essay collection. Musicians and politicians often mixMusicians have often served as irresistible, and frustrating candidates, for political branding. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Festival features 'left of center' performers Jun 20, 2009
In addition, writer Ishmael Reed will recite his music-based poems, accompanied by a quintet propelled by Paris drummer Sunny Murray ... Go Left Fest: Roswell Rudd, Marshall Allen, Ishmael Reed and others will perform 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore St., San Francisco. (San Francisco Chronicle)
