Carla Blank

Carla Blank
NationalityAmerican
EducationCarnegie Mellon University; Sarah Lawrence College, B.A.; Mills College, M.A.
Occupation(s)Writer, editor, educator, choreographer, dramaturge, and director
Years active1960s–present
SpouseIshmael Reed (m. 1970)
Websitewww.carlablank.com

Carla Blank is an American writer, editor, educator, choreographer, and dramaturge.[1] Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, for more than four decades she has been a performer, director, and teacher of dance and theater, particularly involved with youth and community arts projects.[2]

Blank is editorial director of the Ishmael Reed Publishing Company, and has also lectured at such educational institutions as the University of California–Berkeley, Dartmouth College, and the University of Washington.[3][4] She has written and edited a number of books, including Rediscovering America: The Making of Multicultural America, 1900–2000 (2003), Pow-Wow: Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience, Short Fiction, From Then to Now (2009), Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel: Two Pioneer Women Architects of Nineteenth Century North America (2014), and Bigotry on Broadway (2021).

  1. ^ "Carla Blank biography". Black Past.
  2. ^ "The Domestic Crusaders". Beyond Borders. November 19, 2005.
  3. ^ "Biography". Carla Blank.
  4. ^ "Foundation Media". Beyond Columbus Foundation.