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Interviews with Ishmael Reed |
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Reed speaks with Don Swaim in this 1988 interview. Reed taught English
at Berkeley and enjoys seeing the young writers mature. He also
voices strong opinions about problems seen affecting minorities and how
to develop healthy communities. As one of the leading minority satirists,
Reed compares himself to old Native American legends about the Trickster,
who comes to play tricks and poke fun, but eventually leaves the audience
enlightened.
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to the Ishmael Reed interview with Don Swaim, 1988 Ishmael Reed, poet and author of Mumbo Jumbo, Airing Dirty Laundry, The Free-Lance Pallbearers, Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down, The Last Days of Louisiana Red and many others, points out that the majority of writers have other jobs. Writing is not a lucrative profession and many writers teach. In addition to being a writer, Ishmael Reed is also a teacher and works with a magazine. Listen
to the Ishmael Reed interview with Don Swaim, 1986
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