Life, Music, and the Universe
When you reach for the new poetry volume by Ishmael Reed, you just wonder which varieties of wit will be on display. What is the poet who penned the iconic and box-defying “I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra” fifty years ago and published a collected volume of verse spanning 42 years (1964-2006) possibly up to now? Turns out to be a lot. Remaining contemporary and astute, Reed simply is not going away, as indicated in the extended comparison, “Hip Hop and The Blues,” The Blues w