We dedicate the tenth issue of The Los Angeles Review to Ishmael Reed.
Terrance Hayes
Reginald Dwayne Betts
Peggy Shumaker
David Wagoner
Natalie Goldberg
Lydia Davis
Manuel Martinez
Ishamel Reed is the renowned novelist, essayist, poet, and critic who has published ten novels, six collections of poetry, eight collections of essays, a farce, a libretto, two travelogues, and six plays. His honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Reed is a founder of the Before Columbus Foundation, which confers the American Book Awards yearly.
