- Ishmael Reed was born on February 22, 1938 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?, Personal Problems (1980) and Two-Fer (2003). He has been married to Carla Blank since June 6, 1970. They have one child. He was previously married to Priscilla R. Thompson.
- SpousesCarla Blank(June 6, 1970 - present) (1 child)Priscilla R. Thompson(1960 - August 1969) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenTimothyTennessee Reed
- Novelist, poet, and activist.
- Has two daughters: Timothy from his from first marriage, and Tennessee Reed, from his current marriage: Carla Blank.
- You have the intelligentsia in New York, who's asleep at brunch. They're obsessed with academic theories, which don't mean a thing to the working-class Black people I live among.
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