Pow-Wow: Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience - Short Fiction from Then to Now

Ishmael Reedis a novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist who has published nine critically acclaimed novels and more than a dozen other books of poetry and essays. In additional to being nominated for a National Book Award for Poetry, recent awards have included the Lila Wallace-Readerrs"s Digest Award, a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and 2008 Blues Songwriter of the Year from the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame. He is Professor Emeritus at University of California at Berkeley.Carla Blankis a writer, editor, teacher, and performance artist. She is author and editor of the historical referenceRediscovering America: The Making of Multicultural America, 1900-2000, and co-author, with Jody Roberts, of the performance arts handbookLive On Stage!Her collaboration with Robert Wilson, entitled Kool, will premiere at the Guggenheim Museum in 2009. She lives in Oakland, California.Reed, Ishmael is the author of 'Pow-Wow: Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience - Short Fiction from Then to Now' with ISBN 9781568583402 and ISBN 1568583400.