Conversations with Ishmael Reed (Literary Conversations Series)
Dick, Bruce, & Singh, Amritjit (Eds.)
ISBN 10: 087805815X ISBN 13: 9780878058150
Published by University Press of Mississippi, 1995
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1995 1st paper edition and printing with full number line . Sunning on spine, light denting/curling through whole book, else fine . Seller Inventory # ABE-1729893470788
Synopsis:
As a fiercely independent thinker, Ishmael Reed, author of Mumbo Jumbo, Flight to Canada, Reckless Eyeballing, and other works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, is often in conflict with the culture that appears to have a compulsive need to cage its artists and intellectuals in worn-out cliches and labels. As a writer who experiments in many forms and genres, and one who embraces postmodernism rather than protest and naturalism, Reed defies popular conceptions of what American writers, particularly black American male writers, should be or do.
In this collection of candid interviews, Reed discusses how critics, especially from the northeastern establishment have consistently marginalized African American writers by placing them in the “either-or thing of Christianity and Communism.” As he does in his writing, Reed uses invective, satire, and humor to show how those people judging American literature “have made no attempt to understand recent American writing.”
About the Authors:
Bruce Dick is associate professor of English at Appalachian State University and coeditor of Conversations with Ishmael Reed and Conversations with Rudolfo Anaya, both published by University Press of Mississippi.
Amritjit Singh is professor of English at Rhode Island College and coeditor of Postcolonial Theory and the United States, Interviews with Edward W. Said, Conversations with Ralph Ellison, and Conversations with Ishmael Reed, all published by University Press of Mississippi.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Conversations with Ishmael Reed (Literary ...
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition