Ishmael Reed

Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down

Western satire blending frontier mythology with postmodern narrative experimentation

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Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed

African-American novelist, poet, and essayist whose irreverent postmodern satires challenge literary and cultural hierarchies. Mumbo Jumbo is his most celebrated novel. He is an important and provocative figure in the countercultural wing of American letters.

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