Ismail Muhammad

Ismail Muhammad is a writer and critic living in Oakland, where he’s a staff writer for The Millions and contributing editor at ZYZZYVA. His writing has appeared in Slate, the LA Review of Books, New Republic, and other publications. He’s currently working on a novel about the Great Migration and queer archives of black history.
Melville's Blackness: Pip, Ishmael, and the Loom

by Ismail Muhammad

Posted on April 10, 2019

Postcritique Avant La Lettre

by Ismail Muhammad

Posted on March 14, 2019

Whiteness and Aesthetic Failure: Arthur Jafa's The White Album

by Ismail Muhammad

Posted on February 13, 2019

Mastering Effects: Podcasts and the Authoritarian Voice

by Ismail Muhammad

Posted on January 16, 2019

Walking in Los Angeles

by Ismail Muhammad

Posted on January 08, 2018

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