Tracking Down Our Roots: A Conversation with Ishmael Reed

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 6 PM

Tickets: Free; limited availability, advance registration is required.
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Join novelist, poet, and MacArthur Fellowship recipient Ishmael Reed for a conversation on the empowering role of art as a vehicle for reclaiming elements of African spirituality and culture. Reed has explored this theme in his writing, including in his collaboration with Betye Saar on A Secretary to the Spirits in the 1970s. He is the author of more than thirty titles including the acclaimed novel Mumbo Jumbo, as well as non-fiction, plays, and poetry. Six collages from the Morgan collection that Betye Saar made in response to Reed’s poems are currently on view in the exhibition, Betye Saar: Call and Response.  
 
Please note that the program will take place online. After registering, participants will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to participate using Zoom. We ask that you download the app in advance for the best user experience.

Ishmael Reed. Photography by Kathy Sloane.

Please call (212) 685-0008 ext. 560 or e-mail tickets@themorgan.org for information.