Mixing It Up: Taking on the Media Bullies and Other Reflections

by Ishmael Reed

Book Overview

A new collection of essays first published in The New York Times and Playboy . Reed tackles subjects including Oakland, eugenics, and domestic violence. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568583397
• ISBN13: 9781568583396
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A Great Book

I have read many of Mr. Reed's essays; and I have benefitted greatly from his insightful, witty, and thoughtful observations on race. I respectfully suggest that an honest and creditable review of an author's work be confined to the quality and character of that work. This book is a great read if one is interested in a compelling discussion on race, the media, and culture.

Ishmael Scores a Knockout

I have spent most of this century searching for something written by Ishmael Reed on all of the crazy biased reporting in the media on African Americans. This book, "MIXING IT UP", delivers strong rebuttals to all of the negative tv, newspaper, radio, and political pundits portrayals of African Americans. The book has excellent commentary on the Don Imus affair, FOX News, CNN, and the Wire. The piece on "Mom's Book" contains some of Reed's best writing. Also, articles on Sonny Rollins and Miles Davis are great. While reading this book thoughts of Dubois' writings kept running through my mind, a kind of deja vu all over again for blacks in America. Thanks Ishmael for having the courage to keep on mixing it up.