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Interview Details
Title & Link
Writing Without Permission: A Conversation with Ishmael Reed, by Emily Doyle | World Literature Today
Publish Date
June 8, 2022
Interviewees
Ishmael Reed
Interviewers
Emily Doyle
Publisher
World Literature Today
Topics
advocating for underrepresented voices
challenging literary forms
encouraging intellectual curiosity in young writers
Humor in writing
literary establishment and tokenism
overcoming challenges in writing career
sustaining creativity
People Mentioned
Carla Blank
Ed Bullins
Giannina Braschi
Gwendolyn Brooks
Iheoma Nwachukwu
Jabee Williams
James Baldwin
Jonas Elbousty
Karlos K. Hill
Langston Hughes
Lucille Clifton
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Walker
Mario Puzo
Martin Delany
Mona Simpson
Nora Vaughn
Ntozake Shange
Richard Wright
Rome Neal
Tennessee Reed
Terry McMillan
Works Mentioned
Beloved
Black Boy
Body Parts
Conjugating Hindi
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Gathering Blossoms under Fire
Japanese by Spring
Mumbo Jumbo
Showing Out
Split Into
Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone
The Conductor
The Fire Next Time
The Slave Who Loved Caviar
The Terrible Fours
The Terrible Threes
The Terrible Twos
Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down
Places Mentioned
Berkeley
Boston
Buffalo
China
El Cerrito Hills
Japan
Oakland
San Francisco
Venice, Italy
Xiangtan, Hunan
Xiangtan, Hunan province
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