Special Collections Department
The Ishmael Reed Papers
VI. Appearances, 1965-1995
Extent: 4 linear ft.
Contents: Correspondence, programs, brochures, posters, flyers, newspapers and clippings, receipts, drawings, notes, and a plaque.
Arrangement: Series is in chronological order by date of appearance.
Description:
The material in the Appearances series consists of correspondence, brochures and schedules, travel receipts, notes, and other items which document Ishmael Reed's many public appearances as a speaker or as a participant in workshops, readings, conferences, and other literary events. From the beginning of his career, Ishmael Reed was a charismatic and popular speaker who received many requests for appearances, and since 1965 he has spent part of every year on the road. During these years he received a number of appointments as a visiting writer or lecturer in different areas of the country. He found time for additional appearances wherever he went, planning his travel to include speaking engagements along the way. After moving to California, he maintained his East Coast friendships and literary connections, and returned regularly for reading tours in the New York area where his writing career began.
Reed's engagements have taken him to many states, including Alaska and Hawaii. He has toured Europe, the French West Indies, Scandinavia, and Japan, giving readings and attending conferences. While at home on the West Coast, he has read at local colleges, libraries, bookstores, and literary events. He has been active in Bay Area community affairs, participating in workshops as a teacher and mentor in local public schools, reading poetry and conducting workshops in California jails, and speaking to diverse community groups, including the Bay Area Black Journalists Association (1984), the American Friends Service Committee (1989), and the Internal Revenue Service Breakfast Club (1988).
Reed's versatility has kept him in demand. As a poet, he has been sought for readings on campuses, in bookstores, at poetry festivals, and at memorial and fund-raising events. As a novelist, he has read and spoken on promotional tours for his books. As a literary critic he has presented papers at Modern Language Association Conferences and given the keynote speech at the Twentieth Century Literature Conference in Louisville (1981). As an essayist and social critic, he has spoken on "the role of the creative voice in encouraging social awareness" at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. (1984); on "poetry and politics" at Harvard University (1987); on "Blacks and Jews" at a conference sponsored by Tikkun magazine (1989); and on "300 years of 1984" at Dartmouth College (1984). He has been a promoter of the arts, traveling with artists and writers on the "Southern Circuit" (1984) and speaking at the opening of an exhibit on Black Folk Art in Cleveland (1984). As a role model and spokesperson for African-Americans, he has presented speeches and participated in discussions on the role of the Black male and the overuse of African-American stereotypes in the media. He has made regular appearances on radio and television, given a gallery talk on the African-American film maker Bill Gunn at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1990), and spoken at screenings of Personal Problems, a television soap opera produced by Reed and Cannon Communications.
The materials are as varied as the types of appearances, including crayon drawings with the file for a children's poetry workshop, student newspapers and interview clippings from campus appearances, international newspaper clippings from overseas tours, folders issued to conference participants with Reed's handwritten notes, and a plaque from the 1991 National Black Writers Congress "in recognition of outstanding literary achievement and dedication to the advancement of the African-American Community."
Many folders contain correspondence related to the engagement, which may include discussions about compensation, travel arrangements, scheduling, related meetings and events, letters and notes from other participants, clippings, and letters of thanks with comments about the presentation. Brochures or schedules of the event are often included, and some of these have Reed's notations on them. A few folders contain specific travel information, including schedules and tickets.
The series also contains posters and flyers for some of the events. These vary widely in sophistication, including tempura-painted cardboard signs and mimeographed announcements as well as a glossy poster for an international colloquium on "African-Americans and Europe" at the Sorbonne in 1991 (featuring a reproduction of Yves Besnier's Black Statue of Liberty), and a sign for the 1983 Joseph Papp New York Shakespeare Festival Production of "Conjure: Music for the Texts of Ishmael Reed." Many of these items have been removed from folders and stored in an oversized box in chronological order.
Files in the series are arranged in chronological order by the date of the engagement. Folder headings also include the location of the appearance and the sponsoring institution, where available. For some folders, an event name, description, or a more specific location is substituted for the name of a sponsoring institution. Within each folder, materials are in chronological order, with pre-appearance correspondence first and post-appearance correspondence last. Folders with undated and incompletely dated materials, items for appearances of undetermined location, and correspondence regarding unconfirmed appearances and requests to appear are located at the end of the series. Partial dating has been retained from Reed's folder headings (i.e. "speaking engagements, 1983-84") where available.
Additional materials related to Ishmael Reed's appearances may be found in the individual and general correspondence files.
Contents List
42 Series VI. Appearances, 1965-1995
Some items removed to oversize. Removals sheets found in folders.
F1 1965 Apr 21 New York: New School for Social Research
F2 Jun 29 New York: Poets at the Dom
F3 Jul 23 New York: New School for Social Research
F4 [1965] Nov 6 New York: Aegis Gallery
F5 1966-1969 New York: American Academy of Poets
F6 1966 May 19 New York: Poets for Peace Now
F7 Apr 18 New York: Poetry Discovered, Riverside Radio WRVR
F8 [1966] Nov 18 New York: Poetry Series #4
F9 Dec 2 Pennsylvania: Lincoln University
F10 [1966] Dec 4 New York: Poetry Series #4
F11 1967 Jan 19 New York: Academy of American Poets
F12 Mar 18 New York: Queens Committee to End the War
F13 1968 May 24 California: Berkeley High School
F14 Aug 19-24 New York: Cazenovia College
F15 Dec 5 New Jersey: Princeton University
F16 Dec 9-10 Illinois: Blackburn College
F17 1969 [Feb ?] Nebraska: Creighton University
F18 Mar 5-6 Ohio: Kent State University
F19 Aug 17-23 New York: Cazenovia College
F20 Oct 9 Connecticut: Wesleyan University
F21 Oct 20-22 New York: New School and Friends Seminary
F22 Oct 23 Pennsylvania: Seton Hall College
F23 Nov 6 New Jersey: Douglass College
F24 Nov 7 Pennsylvania: Bucks County Community College
F25 Nov 21-23 New York: Suny Buffalo AFNA Conference
F26 Nov 25 District of Columbia: Martin Luther King Library
F27 Dec 1 New Jersey: Somerset County College
F28 Dec 5 New York: NBC Radio
F29 1970 Feb 14 New York: "Like It Is" (TV broadcast)
F30 Mar 17 New York: New York City Community College
F31 Apr 5 Tennessee: Knoxville College
F32 Apr 12 Indiana: Notre Dame Literary Festival
42 Series VI. Appearances (cont'd)
F33 May 23 Ohio: Central State University, Wilberforce
F34 Jun 13-Jul 10 California: Berkeley Unified School District
F35 Jun 22 California: San Francisco Black Writers' Workshop
F36 Jul 19 Pennsylvania: Lincoln University
F37 Sep 2 California: San Francisco Public Library, Waden Branch
F38 Nov 19 California: Poetry Center, San Francisco State
F39 1971 Jan 22 California: "Black Writers and their Writing" Conference
F40 Feb 8-9 Colorado: University of Colorado
F41 Apr 19-23 North Carolina: North Carolina Central University
F42 May 6 California: University of California, Berkley
F43 Aug 15-21 New York: Cazenovia College
F44 Nov 3 California: Saint Mary's College
F45 Nov 12 California: California State College, Hayward
F46 1972 Feb 2 California: Kenneth Patchen Memorial Read-Out
F47 Feb 24 New York: Syracuse University
F48 Mar 2 "The Black Exprience as Depicted in the Novel"
F49 Mar 3-4 New York: Queens College
F50 Mar 9 California: Scholastic Magazine Black Literature
F51 May 19 California: San Fernando High School
F52 May 22-24 Ohio: Ohio University
F53 May 26-28 Illinois: Black Academy of Arts and Letters Conference
F54 Aug 10 California: Merritt College
F55 Oct 25 New York: Columbia University
F56 Nov 11 California: Merritt College
F57 Dec 8 Vermont: Bennington College
F58 Dec 12 New York: Academy of American Poets
F59 Dec 14 New York: Sarah Lawrence College
F60 1973 Feb 3 California: Mt. San Antonio College
F61 Feb 13 California: Canada College
F62 Feb 16 California: California Association of Teachers of English
F63 Apr 26 California: University of California, Santa Barbara
F64 May 11-13 California: College of Marin
F65 May 16 California: Community College of San Francisco
F66 May 17 California: University of Santa Clara
F67 [Jun 1 ?] New Jersey: Princeton University
F68 Oct 4 California: San Francisco State College
42 Series VI. Appearances (cont'd)
F69 1974 Feb 9 California: Mt. San Antonio College
F70 Feb 16 California: San Francisco Public Library
43 F71 Apr-May List of appearances for April and May
F72 Apr 1 New York: Poets and Writers Inc.
F73 Apr 2 New Jersey: Glassboro State College
F74 Apr 3 New Jersey: Ramapo College
F75 Apr 6-7 New York: House of Kuumba Black Writers Conference
F76 Apr 11 California: De Anza College
F77 Apr 19 Washington: University of Washington
F78 Apr 24 Virginia: Washington and Lee University
F79 Apr 26 Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania
F80 Apr 28 [New York]: Only Child Restaurant
F81 Apr 29 District of Columbia: Library of Congress
F82 Apr 30 New York: Fordham University
F83 [May 1] New York: State University at Brockport
F84 May 13-18 Washington: Central Washington State College
F85 May 20 Michigan: Wayne State University
F86 May 23 California: University of California, Santa Cruz
F87 May 26 California: CCLM Regional Meeting, San Francisco Art
Institute
F88 Aug 5-8 Washington: Eastern Washington State College
F89 Sep 18-20 Kansas: University of Kansas
F90 Oct 9 Iowa: University of Iowa
F91 Nov 8-10 District of Columbia: Howard University
F92 Nov 23 Wisconsin: Milwaukee Public Library
F93 Dec 7 Rhode Island: Brown University
F94 Dec 22 California: KFOG Radio
F95 1975 Jan 17 Oregon: Reed College
F96 Feb 2-4 North Carolina: Fine Arts Festival
F97 Feb 28 California: Rainbow Sign, Berkley, Reading for Dumas
F98 Mar 11-13 Ohio: Denison University. Includes letter from Reed.
F99 Mar 17 California: University of Redlands
F100 Mar 20-21 North Dakota: University of North Dakota. Includes letter
from Reed.
F101 Apr 15-16 Montana: University of Montana, Missoula
F102 Apr 17 California: California State University, Sacramento
F103 Apr 21-23 Washington: Eastern Washington State College
43 Series VI. Appearances (cont'd)
F104 May 18-20 New Hampshire: Franconia College
F105 Jun 21 California: Foothill College
F106 Jul 11 Michigan: Grand Valley State College
F107 Jul 18 New York: State University of New York, Buffalo
F108 Nov 15 California: Black Teachers Caucus
F109 Nov 19 Ohio: University of Cincinnati
F110 Nov 25 District of Columbia: Howard University
F111 Dec 28 California: Melus Symposium, Hilton Hotel
F112 1976 Feb 13 Nebraska: Creighton University
F113 Mar 5-6 South Carolina: SCETV
F114 Mar 11 California: Bay Area Poets Coalition
F115 Mar 31-Apr 2 Texas: University of Texas, Austin
F116 Apr 2 Minnesota: Univerity of Minnesota
F117 Apr 3 Michigan: Eastern Michigan University
F118 Apr 13-14 Colorado: Colorado College
F119 Apr 21 Iowa: Grinnell College
F120 Apr 22 New Jersey: County College of Morris
F121 Apr 29 New York: Cornell University
F122 Apr 30 Washington: Western Washington State College
F123 May 3 Connecticut: Yale University
F124 May 4 New York: Academy of American Poets, Donnell Library
F125 May 7 Florida: University of Florida
F126A May 10 New York: New York City High School Poetry Contest
F126B May 21-22 New York: First Annual Lewis H. Michaux Book Fair
F127 Aug 9 California: Squaw Valley Community of Writers
F128 Sep 26 California: Bookswest 76 Bookfair
F129 Oct 11 District of Columbia: Howard University, Ascension Poetry
Series
F130 Oct 19 California: University of California, Berkeley
F131 Oct 20 California: KFOG FM Radio, San Francisco
F132 Nov 3 California: California State, Long Beach
F133 Nov 6 California: Oakland "Celebration of Writers"
F134 Nov 10 California: KBHK TV 44, San Francisco
F135 Nov 12 Texas: CCLM Open Reading, Austin
F136 Nov 14 California: Oakland Museum
F137 Nov 26 [Alabama]: Raven Bones Foundation
43 Series VI. Appearances (cont'd)
F138 1977 Feb 1 New Jersey: Brookdale Community College
F139 Feb 9 California: University of California, Berkeley
F140 Feb 12 Pennsylvania: Swarthmore College
F141 Feb 13-14 Connecticut: University of Connecticut
F142 Mar 7 California: California State College, Stanislaus
F143 Mar 18-20 Paris, France: New York University in France
F144 [Apr] New York: Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center
F145 Apr 16 New York: State University of New York, Buffalo
F146 Apr 26 Nevada: University of Nevada. Includes letter from Reed.
F147 May 2 California: University of Southern California
F148 May 5 Ohio: Cleveland State University
F149 May 12-14 Oregon: Portland State University. Includes letter from
Reed.
F150 May 14 California: KPFA Berkley Poetry Festival
F151 May 21 California: Ca ada College
F152 May 30 California: American Booksellers Association
F153 Sep 5 Washington: Seattle Arts Festival. Includes bill to Seattle
Arts Festival signed by Reed.
F154 Sep 19-23 Mississippi: Jackson State University
F155 Oct 7-20 Missouri: Washington University and University of
Missouri
F156 Nov 18 California: San Francisco Poetry Festival
F157 Nov 21 Texas: University of Houston, P.E.N.
F158 Nov 22 Texas: Shadydale and Rogers Elementary Schools
F159 [Nov 22] Texas: Creative Arts Society of Houston
F160 Nov 25 Kansas: Wichita Vortex Poetry Association. Includes letter
from Reed.
F161 Nov 26 New York: National Council Teachers of English
F162 1978 Feb 14 California: California State University, Sacramento
F163 Feb 27 California: Berkley Public Library
F164 Mar 2-3 Washington: Eastern Washington University
F165A Apr 17 Illinois: University of Illinois
F165B Apr 26 Unidentified
F165C Apr 28 Connecticut: Dartmouth College
F166 May 19-21 New York: Medgar Evers College
F167 Jun 12 New York: National Convocation on Free Speech
F168 Jun 25-Jul 1 Indiana: Indiana University
F169 Sep 11-16 Netherlands: Amsterdam, One World Poetry
F170 Oct 15 California: Los Angeles Municipal Arts Dept.
43 Series VI. Appearances (cont'd)
F171 1979 Feb 13-15 Georgia: Spelman College
F172 Feb 24 District of Columbia: Ascension 42
F173 Mar 4-10 Indiana: Notre Dame
F174 Mar 15-17 New York: Children's Arts Project, Long Island
F175 Sep 17-Oct 6 Connecticut: Yale University
F176 Oct 4 Connecticut: Wesleyan University
F177 Oct 11 Iowa: University of Iowa
F178 Nov 1 California: English Speaking Union Symposium
F179 Nov 4 California: California College of Arts and Crafts
F180 Nov 15 California: "Visions of California," Beyond Baroque
Foundation
F181 Nov 25 California: Sarah Webster Fabio Celebration
F182 Nov 27 Canada: Toronto, Harbourfront Reading Series
F183 Nov 28 New York: St. Mark's Poetry Project
F184 Dec 6-7 Texas: University of Houston at Clear Lake City
F185 Dec 29 California: Modern Language Association
F186 1980 Feb 16 California: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum
F187 Mar 7 California: Cody's Books, Berkeley
F188 Mar 20 California: San Jose Fine Film Series
F189 Apr 1 Ohio: University of Cincinnati
F190 Apr 2 Michigan: Wayne State University
F191 Apr 25 Tennessee: Memphis State University
F192 Apr 26 New Mexico: Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
F193 May 17 California: SOMA Gallery, San Francisco
F194 Jun 15 Kenkeleba House
F195 Jun 27 Pennsylvania: Allentown Community Center
F196 Aug 1 Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
F197 Aug 21 New Hampshire: Dartmouth College
F198 Sep 16 New York: New York University. Includes Reed
letter.
F199 Oct 15-16 Colorado: Colorado State University
F200 Nov 12-13 Vermont: Middlebury College
F201 Nov 20-22 Georgia: Emory University
F202 Dec 14 California: Earthsign Books, Berkeley
43 Series VI. Appearances (cont'd)
F203 1981 Jan 8 California: KBHK TV
F204 Feb 25 California: University of California, Riverside
F205 Feb 27 Kentucky: University of Louisville
F206 Mar 8 New York: Basement Workshop Poetry Reading
F207 Mar 9 New York: Manhattan Theatre Club
F208 Mar 13 New York: New School for Social Research
F209 Apr 1 California: Media Alliance, Reading
F210 Apr 27 New York: City College
F211 May 2 California: Poetry Film Festival Workshop
F212 May 13 California: University of California, Santa Barbara
F213 May 26 California: College of San Mateo
F214 Sep 25 California: War Resisters League--West
F215 Oct 9-12 New York: American Writers Congress
F216 Oct 23 California: Oakland Public Library
F217 Dec 11 California: San Francisco African-American Historical and
Cultural Society
F218 Dec 29 California: American Historical Association Convention
F219 1982 Feb 8-12 Virginia: George Mason University
F220 Mar 18-20 California: Conference on College Composition and
Communication
F221 Apr 1 California: Media Alliance
F222 Apr 16 Oregon: Portland State University
F223 Apr 21 District of Columbia: University of District of Columbia
F224 Apr 22 New York: Columbia University
F225 Apr 24 New York: Fredrick Douglass Creative Arts Center
F226 Apr 25 Connecticut: Real Art Ways
F227 May 5 California: Stanford University
F228 May 21-23 New York: Medgar Evers College, City University of New
York
F229 Jun 29-Aug 5 Alaska: Sitka and Juneau
F230 Aug 18-19 New Hampshire: Dartmouth College
F231 Sep 12 Mexico: Dialogo de Las Americas
F232 Sep 21 California: KBHK
F233 Oct 13 District of Columbia: Wetacom, Portraits in Black program
F234 Oct 21-23 Iowa: University of Iowa
F235 Nov 12-14 Netherlands/Belgium: One World Poetry Festival
F236 Dec 27-30 California: Modern Language Association
43 Series VI. Appearances (cont'd)
F237 1983 Feb 26 Massachusetts: Fine Arts Work Center
F238 Mar 10-15 New York: Rochester and Buffalo.
F239 Mar 18-21 Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin
F240 Mar 20 California: University of Southern California
F241 Apr 10 Arkansas: University of Arkansas
F242 Apr 15 California: University of California, Berkeley, Black
Theatre Symposium
F243 Apr 22 California: Northern California Booksellers Association
F244 Apr 22-23 California: UCLA Center for Afro-American Studies
F245 Apr 30 California: University of California, Berkeley
44 F246 May 3 California: University of California, Berkeley
F247 May 13 California: California State University
F248 Sep 19 New York: New Jazz at the Public
F249 Sep 20 California: KQED
F250 Nov 3-6 Pennsylvania: American Studies Association Convention
F251 Nov 10-13 Oklahoma: Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa
F252 Nov 20 California: Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
F253 Dec 8-11 Minnesota: The Loft Mentor Series, Minneapolis
F254 1984 Feb 24 California: Alameda County Library, "Books Behind Bars"
F255 Mar 6 California: Sonoma State University
F256 Mar 10 California: Acuarian Spiritual Center
F257 Mar 18 Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden
F258 Mar 29-Apr 4 Southern Circuit Tour: Southwestern (Tennessee),
University of South Carolina, Appalshop (Kentucky),
North Carolina State University, Georgia State University,
Contemporary Arts Center (Louisiana)
F259 Apr 7 California: Crestmont School, Richmond
F260 Apr 18-19 Ohio: Black Folk Art in Cleveland, Case Western Reserve
University
F261 Apr 28 New York: Fredrick Douglass Creative Arts Center
F262 May 3 California: "A Berkley Affair"
F263 May 8 California: Bay Area Black Journalists Association
F264 May 17 New Hampshire: Dartmouth "300 Years of 1984"
F265 May 19 California: John Muir School, Berkeley
F266 May 25-26 Illinois: University of Illinois, Chicago
F267 May 30 California: Celtic Foundation Memorial Awards Dinner
44 Series VI. Appearances (cont'd)
F268 1984 Jun 13 California: Far West High School, Oakland
F269 Jun 19 California: San Bruno Jail, San Francisco
F270 Jun 25-29 District of Columbia: Georgetown University
F271 Jul 12-22 Washington: Port Townsend Writers Conference
F272 Aug 23-25 California: University of California, Berkeley
F273 Sep 1 New York: New York Book Fair
F274 Oct 19-20 District of Columbia: Institute for Policy Studies
F275 Dec 5-7 Michigan: Detroit; NY: Buffalo--"Across State Lines"
F276 Dec 11-13 Washington: Washington State University
F277 1985 Jan 7-16 French West Indies lecures
F278 Feb 12-14 South Carolina: South Carolina Arts Commission
F279 Feb 17 California: Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian-Universalists
F280 Feb 23 California: Oakland Public Library
F281 Feb 27 California: San Francisco Public Library
F282 Mar 4-6 New Mexico: University of New Mexico
F283 Mar 9 California: San Francisco African American Historical and
Cultural Society
F284 May 3, 5 California: City Cafe, Berkeley
F285A May 8 South Carolina: South Carolina Arts Commission
F285B May 11 California: The Port of Oakland Poets Landmark
Dedication Ceremony
F286 Jun 11-21 Finland tour: Reykjavik, Helsinki, Lahti, Helsinki
F287 Jun 24 - Jul 5 Germany tour: Frankfurt, Berlin, Cologne, Munich,
Heidelberg, Tuebingen, Freiburg
F288 Oct 25 Wyoming: University of Wyoming
F289 Dec 5-11 Pennsylvania: Painted Bride Art Center Residency
F290 Dec 12 Pennsylvania: Temple University
F291 1986 Jan 14 Pennsylvania: Lincoln University
F292 Jan 16 New York: International PEN Congress. Includes Reed's
autograph notes.
F293 Jan 24-25 Alaska: Alaska Native Publishing Conference, Sitka
F294 Feb 15 California: John F. Kennedy Library, Vallejo
F295 Mar 6-8 London, England: International Book Fair
F296 Mar 8 Alabama: Birmingham Southern College
F297 Mar 21-23 New York: Medgar Evers College, City University of
New York
44 Series VI. Appearances (cont'd)
F298 1986 Apr 13 California: Berkeley Poetry Review
F299 Apr 17 California: Concordia High School
F300 May 2 California: Solano Community College
F301 May 5 New York: Queens College
F302 May 6 New York: Cornell University. Includes Reed letter.
F303 May 12 California: University of California, Santa Cruz
F304 May 14 California: San Francisco Women's National Book
Association
F305 Jun 25-26 Hawaii: University of Hawaii
F306 Jul 9 New York: Essence Television Productions
F307 Jul 26 California: Oakland Museum, There City Cinema
F308 Aug 29 Massachusetts: Harvard University
F309 Oct 9-11 Tennessee: Tennessee Homecoming
F310 Oct 16-17 California: San José State University
F311 Nov 8 Florida: Miami Book Fair. Includes typescript remarks and
poem with first line: "It is better to be poor."
F312 1987 Jan 19-23 Georgia: Albany State College
F313 Feb 14 New York: Alchemical Theatre, Poets and Writers, Inc.
F314 Mar 6-8 Massachusetts: Harvard University
F315 Mar 10 Massachusetts: Suffolk University
F316 Mar 27 Massachusetts: Suffolk University
F317 Mar 27-29 Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh
F318 Apr 1 Tennessee: Memphis State University
F319 Apr 7 Georgia: Clark College
F320 Apr 26 New York: Fredrick Douglass Creative Arts Center
F321 Apr 29 Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
F322 May 8 Massachusetts: Roxbury Community College
F323 May 16 Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Museum
F324 May 20 New York: Poetry Project at St. Marks
F325 May 31 Massachusetts: Boston University
F326 Jun 20 Massachusetts: Codman Square Library, Dorchester
F327 Sep 5 California: Oakland Public Library
F328 Sep 25 California: Berkeley, "Capital News" Series
F329 Dec 2 California: Stanford University. Includes copy of Poetry,
Prose, and Politics, with poems by Reed, Paula Gunn Allen,
Denise Levertov, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Adrienne Rich.
F330 Dec 11-23 Antilles Islands: Université des Antilles
44 Series VI. Appearances (cont'd)
F331 1988 Jan 6 California: California College of Arts and Crafts
F332 Jan 18 California: "people are talking" television appearance
F333 Feb 9 California: Kennedy High School
F334 Feb 23-26 New York: St. Mark's Church In-The-Bowery
F335 Feb 27 California: San Francisco Public Library, Tribute to James
Baldwin
F336 Mar 16 California: University of California, Berkeley Library
F337 Mar 24-27 New York: Medgar Evers College
F338 Mar 30 California: KJAZ FM
F339 Apr 1 California: Associated Writing Programs Meeting
F340 Apr 4 Tennessee: Austin Peay State University
F341 Apr 17 California: Cafe Milano
F342 Jun 19-24 Germany: Universität Bern and Switzerland: Geneva
F343 Jul 30 California: Katherine Delmar Burke School
F344 Aug 14 Oregon: Portland Poetry Festival
F345 Aug 24 California: Internal Revenue Service Breakfast Club
F346 Sep 12 Tennessee: Austin Peay State University
F347 Oct 28 California: McBean Theater, San Francisco
F348 Nov 1 California: Burnett Middle School
F349 Nov 15 Louisiana: Louisiana State University
F350 Dec 3 Washington: KIRO Newsradio
F351 1989 Jan 6 California: KBHK TV
F352 Jan 24 California: KCSM-FM
F353 Feb 16 Michigan: University of Michigan, Flint
F354 Feb 23 New Jersey: Seton Hall University
F355 Feb 24-26 New York: Dan Space Project, St. Mark's Church
F356 Mar 10 California: University of California, Berkeley
F357 Mar 15-23 England: promotional tour
F358 Mar 29 Arizona: University of Arizona
F359 Apr 27 California: KQED TV
F360 May 14 California: Zev Putterman Show
F361 May 22 California: California State University, Haywood
F362 May 26 California: Lannan Foundation, "Beyond Baroque"
F363 Jun 4 California: Berkeley, University Art Museum
F364 Jun 5 California: King Jr. High, Berkeley United School District
F365 Jun 23 Washington: University of Washington, Seattle
F366A Aug 12 Washington: Elliott Bay Book Co.
F366B Aug 23 California: Bay Area Theatre Workshop
44 Series VI. Appearances (cont'd)
F367 1989 Sep 2-4 Washington: Bumbershoot, Seattle Arts Festival
F368 Oct 7 California: Oakland Museum and Bay Area Association of
Black Psychologists
F369 Oct 27 California: American Friends Service Committee
F370 Nov 11-12 California: Tikkun Conference
F371 Nov 18-19 Florida: Miami Book Fair International
F372 1990 Jan 23 California: Alameda County Library
45 F373A Jan 30-Feb 4 Louisiana: University of New Orleans
F373B Feb 28-Mar 1 Ohio: Black World Studies
F374 Mar 7 Colorado: University of Colorado, Boulder: Novel of the
Americas Symposium
F375 Apr 27 Italy: Universitá Di Macerata
F376 Jun 3 Nevada: African American Publishers, Booksellers, and
Writers Association
F377 Jun 21 California: Foothill College
F378 Jun 24 New York: Nkiro Books
F379 Jun 26 New York: Whitney Museum of American Art
F380 Aug 21 District of Columbia: Smithsonian
F381 Oct 5-7 Texas: San Antonio Inter-American Bookfair
F382 Oct 16 California: Artists for Riles Benefit
F383 Nov 22 New Mexico: Sante Fe, Lannan Literary Series
F384 1991 Feb 13 California: Pasadena Public Library
F385 Mar 1 Iowa: University of Iowa
F386 Mar 9-10 Oregon: Portland Literuption Bookfair
F387 Mar 27 New York: Medgar Evers College
F388 Apr 26 California: PEN Oakland reading, Berkeley Store Gallery
F389 Apr 28 Texas: Houston International Festival
F390 Sep 28 California: Haywood Public Library
F391 Sep 29 Pennsylvania: Painted Bride Art Center
F392 Oct 18-19 Illinois: Chicago State University
F393 Nov 13 California: Cody's Bookstore, Berkeley
F394 Nov 16 California: Community College Humanities Association
F395 Nov 21 New York: State University of New York, Farmingdale
F396 Nov 23 New York: Cultural Dimensions, Henry Street Settlement
Arts Center
45 Series VI. Appearances (cont'd)
F397 1992 Feb 5-9 France: Universite De La Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris
F398 Mar 4 New York: New York Public Library
F399 Mar 12 California: Kepler's Bookstore, Menlo Park
F400 Apr 9-10 Tennessee: University of Tennessee, College Language
Association
F401 May 27-29 Germany: Freiburg. Includes photograph of Reed.
F402 Sep 8-25 Colorado: University of Colorado, Novel of the Americas
Symposium
F403 Oct 28 California: McBean Theatre, San Francisco
F404 Dec 2 Pennsylvania: International Poetry Forum
F405 Dec 14-17 Spain: El Congreso de la Aedean
F406 1993 Feb 10 Pennsylvania: Ursinus College
F407 Feb 17 New York: Unterberg Poetry Center
F408 Mar 27 New York: Nkiru Books
F409 Jun 15-16 Netherlands: Crossing Border Festival
F410 Aug 20 California: Funeral Eulogy for Roberd C. Maynard
F411 Dec 5 New Jersey: Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center
F412 Dec 11 Illinois: African American Book Center
F413 1994 Jan 10 California: City Arts and Lectures, Inc.
F414 Jan 27 California: Artists on the Cutting Edge
F415 Mar 28 New York: Studio Museum, Harlem
F416 Apr 16 California: KQED - FM
F417 Jun 24-26 Hawaii: University of Hawaii, Manoa
F418 Jul 31 Georgia: National Black Arts Festival
F419 Sep 23-30 Canada: Le Festival de la Litterature, Montreal
F420 Oct 9-16[?] Germany: American Literature Week
F421 Oct 29 California: Cafe Arts National Poetry Festival
F422 Nov 18 Florida: Miami-Dade Community College Symposium.
Writing in our Hemisphere: South & North
F423 Dec 27-30 California: Modern Language Association
F424 1995 Jan 1 New York: Nuyorican Poets Cafe
F425 Jan 10 California: USCB Regents' Lecturer in Black Studies
F426 Feb 13 California: KPFA FM
F427 Feb 21 California: Tribute to Malcolm X
F428 Apr 7 New York: New York University, Black Graduate Studies
Association
45 Series VI. Appearances (cont'd)
Material for appearances for which dates are incomplete or unconfirmed
F429 1968-1969
F430 1970-1973
F431 1974-1975
F432 1976-1977
F433 1978-1979
F434 1980-1981
F435 1982-1984
F436 1985-1987
F437 1988-1989
F438 1990
F439 n.d.
Requests for Reed appearances
F440 1968-1980
F441 1981-1990
F442 n.d.
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The Ishmael Reed Papers
Manuscript Collection Number: 398
Accessioned: Purchases, 1980-1995.
Extent: 65 linear ft.
Content: Correspondence, novels, plays, poems, essays, reviews, speeches, magazines, posters, clippings, brochures, flyers, broadsides, photographs, artwork, books, galley and page proofs, financial documents, catalogs, programs, photocopies, sound recordings, schedules, comic books, notes, transcripts, awards, certificates, minutes, audiovisual recordings, and miscellaneous ephemera.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: 1998-1999 by Shiela Pardee, completed by Anita Wellner.
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