Ishmael Reed

Ishmael Reed has authored fifty works of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, plays and librettos, and edited numerous anthologies. Recent works include Blind Persistence, The History of the Before Columbus Foundation (Baraka Books, 2025), Why the Black Hole Sings the Blues (2022), and The Terrible Fours (Baraka Books, 2021). Former professor at The University of California at Berkeley, Reed lives in Oakland.