{"product_id":"conversations-with-ishmael-reed-bruce-dick-9780878058150","title":"Conversations with Ishmael Reed","description":"As a fiercely independent thinker, Ishmael Reed, author of \u003ci\u003eMumbo Jumbo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlight to Canada\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReckless Eyeballing\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Dick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 087805815X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780878058150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.91h x 5.95w x 1.24d","brand":"Bruce Dick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44860115255551,"sku":"9780878058150","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ee161e9-c918-4eb8-8683-d7249d752ce9.jpg?v=1709135432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conversations-with-ishmael-reed-bruce-dick-9780878058150","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}