Ishmael Reed

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=Ishmael Reed=

Ishmael Reed moved to New York City in 1962, and he helped found the East Village Other, one of the original underground newspapers. He was also a prominent member of Umbra Writers' Workshop, and he was an important voice for the idea of the "Black aesthetic."

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