Author of eighteen books, Ishmael Reed is a novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist. He is also a publisher, television producer, editor of magazines and anthologies, and radio and television commentator. His books include New and Collected Poetry;the novels Japanese by Spring, Mumbo Jumbo, The Terrible Twos, Reckless Eyeballing, and Flight to Canada; and collected essays Airing Dirty Laundryand Writin' is Fightin'. He is the editor of MultiAmerica: Essays in Cultural War and Cultural Peace (Viking, 1997). The Reed Reader (Basic Books, 2000) includes excerpts from all of his novels, selected essays, published and previously unpuplished poetry, and two plays, Hubba Cityand The Preacher and the Rapper. Reed's latest collection of essays is Another Day at the Front (Basic Books–Perseus 2002). His online literary magazine, Konch, can be found at www.ishmaelreedpub.com.

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