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Ismail Muhammad

Ismail Muhammad
Ismail Muhammad is a writer and critic based in Oakland, California, where he works as the reviews editor at The Believer and a contributing editor at ZYZZYVA. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Bookforum, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among other venues. He is currently working on a novel.


Walking with the Ghosts of Black
Los Angeles

Ismail Muhammad: "You can’t disentangle blackness and California."
September 20, 2019  By Ismail Muhammad
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