American Visions, April 1st, 1998
Max Roach called Ishmael Reed "the Charlie Parker of American fiction," but Reed likes to think of himself as "the tommy Harns of writing." Hearns is an unorthodox southpaw boxing champion who has taken on all comers and has won six different weight division titles over an 18-year career. Reed is an unorthodox writer who has taken on the media, the writing establishment, feminists, politicians, blacks whites and american institution of higher learning.
He has written poetry, fiction, essays, plays, songs for Taj Mahal and a libretto for the San Francisco Opera Company. "I think I've done we...
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