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"Reed's best poems conjure up a vertiginous, multiplicious, irresolvable and thrilling world." -- New York Times Book Review, 10/21/07
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One of the founding fathers of multi-cultural studies, Ishmael Reed first came to the attention of the literary world as a poet, and despite success as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and recording artist, has never ceased to be a poet. He delves into spiritual and political waters with his own unexpected and uniquely powerful voice.
New and Collected Poems, 1966-2006 captures four decades of Reed's inimitable verse, a visionary journey from Chattanooga to New York, from Africa to Oakland. In language that is pointed, innovative, and profound, Reed weaves politics and war with Yoruba and Jazz, and takes on American culture, from prejudice to Pepsi to George W. Bush.
In this important and long-awaited volume, one of America's most esteemed and intrepid poets, whose "Beware Do Not Read This Poem" has been cited by Gale Research as one of about 20 poems most frequently studied in literature courses, shows why he has helped define our cultural forefront from the '60s to today.
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The only Holy Ghost in Birmingham is Denmark Vesey's Holy Ghost, brooding, moving in and out of things. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
screwball comedy life, family values type, got hemp, snake police, big martini, war such things, wardrobe master, conjure man Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Railroad Bill, Let Oakland, Bartender Bring, Dark Lady, Che Guevara, Mendenhall Glacier, Niagara Falls, The Cancer God, Thief Greetings New!
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The only Holy Ghost in Birmingham is Denmark Vesey's Holy Ghost, brooding, moving in and out of things. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
screwball comedy life, family values type, got hemp, snake police, big martini, war such things, wardrobe master, conjure man Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Railroad Bill, Let Oakland, Bartender Bring, Dark Lady, Che Guevara, Mendenhall Glacier, Niagara Falls, The Cancer God, Thief Greetings New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- New and Collected Poems by Ishmael Reed on 5 pages
- Collected Poems (Penguin International Poets) by Geoffrey Hill on 5 pages
- Collected Poems by John Reed on 5 pages
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison on page 25, and page 63
- A Secretary to the Spirits by Ishmael Reed in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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