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Ishmael Scott Reed is an American poet, essayist, and novelist. A prominent African-American literary figure, Reed is known for his satirical works challenging American political culture, and highlighting political and cultural oppression. Reed has been described as one of the most controversial writers. While his work has often sought to represent neglected African and African-American perspectives, his energy and advocacy have centered more broadly on neglected peoples and perspectives irrespective of their cultural origins.
Essays About America's Nervous Breakdown
2012
1989
2023
1970
1972
1993
Thirty-Seven Years of Boxing on Paper
1988
2020
2022
1967
2018
Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience - Short Fiction from Then to Now
2008
1972
1988
Selected Vampiric Verses
2025
1978
2015
Dispatches From The Race War
2002
2020
2023
1988
2020
A Walk in Oakland
2003
1993
2000
1976
Taking On the Media Bullies and Other Reflections
2008
1986
1969
2011
1974
2021