Eleanor Sully talks with Ishmael Reed, author of “The Free-Lance Pallbearers” and “Yellow Back Radio Broke Down,” about his own work in relation to the tradition of black writing in America. Possibly first aired during Sully’s “New Writers” series on KPFA.
Conversation with Ishmael Reed
PRA Archive #:
BB2781
Date Recorded On:
1970
Date Broadcast On:
8 June 1970.
Item Duration:
53:16 [7 1/2 ips, mono.]
Total Duration (All Reels):
Station: KPFA
View Folio: KPFA Folio, June-July 1970, p.15
Program: Conversation with Ishmael Reed
Series: New writers
Contributors:
Interviewer: Eleanor Sully
Guest: Ishmael Reed
Asset Type: Program
Distributor: Distributor
Rights Summary:
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
Availability Notice:
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- PRA Archive #: BB2781
- pbcoreTitle
- Program: Conversation with Ishmael Reed
- Series: New writers
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- rightsSummary
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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- Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1970.
- pbcoreContributor
- Interviewer: Eleanor Sully
- Guest: Ishmael Reed

