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Date
Sponsors
UA Poetry Center
Reading Series
Location
Modern Languages Auditorium
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed performs poems from his extensive body of work, including several unpublished poems. He remarks that his reading will "start out with a song and end with a song"--that is, with his poems "Betty's Ball Blues" and "I'm Running for the Office of Love" as set to music by Taj Mahal and Allen Toussaint.
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"Betty's Ball Blues"
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Description
Includes a recorded musical version of the poem performed by Taj Mahal.
Citation
Reed, Ishmael. Conjure. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1972.
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Excerpt from the novel The Terrible Threes
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Citation
Reed, Ishmael. The Terrible Threes. Normal, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 1999.
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"The Pope Replies to the Ayatollah Khomeini"
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Citation
Reed, Ishmael. Points of View. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.
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Audio file
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"Queen's Response to Michael Fagan"
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Description
Unpublished.
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"Judas"
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Citation
Reed, Ishmael. Points of View. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.
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"Dialog Outside the Lakeside Grocery"
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Citation
Reed, Ishmael. Points of View. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.
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"Sixth Street Corporate War"
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Citation
Reed, Ishmael. A Secretary to the Spirits. New York: NOK Publishers, 1978.
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"Foolology"
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Citation
Reed, Ishmael. A Secretary to the Spirits. New York: NOK Publishers, 1978.
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"The Author Reflects On His 35th Birthday"
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Citation
Reed, Ishmael. Chattanooga. New York: Random House, 1973.
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"Slaveship, German Model"
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Citation
Reed, Ishmael. Points of View. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.
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Audio file
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"The Middle Class Blues"
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Citation
Reed, Ishmael. Points of View. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.
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"0.5"
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Citation
Reed, Ishmael. Chattanooga. New York: Random House, 1973.
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"Life is a Screwball Comedy"
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Citation
Reed, Ishmael. Points of View. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.
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"I'm Running for the Office of Love"
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Description
Includes a recorded musical version of the poem performed by Allen Toussaint with Clare Bathé.
Citation
Reed, Ishmael. Points of View. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.
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