New and Collected Poems, 1964-2006 - Hardcover

Reed, Ishmael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786717882 ISBN 13: 9780786717880

Publisher: Carroll & Graf, 2006

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

ISHMAEL REED is author of six books of poetry, one opera libretto in verse, six plays, and nine novels, and is the editor of numerous anthologies and magazines. His poetry collaborations with musicians have resulted in three CD collections recently reissued by Rounder Records, and the forthcoming "Conjure III" from Blue Note. He has been awarded a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award, and has been a Pulitzer Prize nominee in poetry and a National Book Award finalist in both poetry and fiction. In 2001, he received a Chancellor's Award for Community Service from the University of California at Berkeley, where he has taught since 1969.

Review:

"Reed's best poems conjure up a vertiginous, multiplicious, irresolvable and thrilling world." -- New York Times Book Review, 10/21/07

About this edition

• Publisher: Carroll & Graf
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0786717882
• ISBN 13: 9780786717880
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384