Ismail Muhammad's guest appearances

Ismail Muhammad

Think About It

Know Thy Self Radio Show

Oral Florist

Eugene Volokh

Jane Eyre

Emily Dickinson

Henry David Thoreau

Toni Morrison

Paul Mendes-Flohr

Martin Buber

James Joyce

David Cole

John Collins

Sarah Gerard

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jason Stanley

James Baldwin

Manthia Diawara

OwlTail

Ismail Muhammad is a writer and critic based in Oakland, where he works as a story editor at The New York Times Magazine. Until recently he was the criticism editor at The Believer. His work has appeared in the Times Book Review, Paris Review, Catapult, The Nation, Bookforum, and other venues. He's currently working on a novel.

Ismail Muhammad is a writer and critic based in Oakland, where he works as a story editor at The New York Times Magazine. Until recently he was the criticism editor at The Believer. His work has appeared in the Times Book Review, Paris Review, Catapult, The Nation, Bookforum, and other venues. He's currently working on a novel.

Ismail Muhammad Reads J. Hector St. John’s 1781 Sketches of America

Jean Toomer

Jean Toomer considered Cane the "swan song" of African-American folk culture rapidly destroyed by the industrialization of the South and the north-bound migration of African Americans during the era of Jim Crow. I spoke with Ismail Muhammad to understand how to read a book celebrated as a major achievement of the Harlem renaissance without pigeonholing its ambition, scope and achievement, and what Toomer's notion of "what blackness means" is so relevant back then and still today.  Uli Baer teaches literature and photography as University Professor at New York University. A recipient of Guggenheim, Getty and Humboldt awards, in addition to hosting "Speaking of…” he hosts (with Caroline Weber) the podcast "The Proust Questionnaire” and is Editorial Director at Warbler Press. Email ucb1@nyu.edu; Twitter @UliBaer.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jean Toomer considered Cane the "swan song" of African-American folk culture rapidly destroyed by the industrialization of the South and the north-bound migration of African Americans during the era of Jim Crow. I spoke with Ismail Muhammad to understand how to read a book celebrated as a major achievement of the Harlem renaissance without pigeonholing its ambition, scope and achievement, and what Toomer's notion of "what blackness means" is so relevant back then and still today.  <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ulrichbaer.com_&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&amp;r=drMmJTS8VuY9GhQ89rLkEg&amp;m=BU5IQvtPQiF51wYZDcs-NTsaOqJ7w0U54jTA7dv9WI8&amp;s=emAsnRwNLGKjvl8KNqwxxeRhprQ6_fvVTA9RFIy_xOQ&amp;e=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Uli Baer</a> teaches literature and photography as University Professor at New York University. A recipient of Guggenheim, Getty and Humboldt awards, in addition to hosting "Speaking of…” he hosts (with <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__barnard.edu_profiles_caroline-2Dweber&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&amp;r=drMmJTS8VuY9GhQ89rLkEg&amp;m=BU5IQvtPQiF51wYZDcs-NTsaOqJ7w0U54jTA7dv9WI8&amp;s=ZF4i5g4-aa7L4rpB3A2Jbd-bUOr2OmS2ek8MS8eVREw&amp;e=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Caroline Weber</a>) the podcast "<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.proustquestionnaire.net_about&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&amp;r=drMmJTS8VuY9GhQ89rLkEg&amp;m=BU5IQvtPQiF51wYZDcs-NTsaOqJ7w0U54jTA7dv9WI8&amp;s=53abEgER8Kl-Y6QK_zbsifYAMHRcPX4E98a_WvqdEMA&amp;e=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Proust Questionnaire</a>” and is Editorial Director at <a href="https://warblerpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Warbler Press</a>. Email <a href="mailto:ucb1@nyu.edu">ucb1@nyu.edu</a>; Twitter @UliBaer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Great Books 25 : Ismail Muhammad on Jean Toomer's "Cane"

Know Thy Self Radio Show episode17 " THE RE-BIRTH FT ISMAIL MUHAMMAD"