Suzan-Lori Parks

Suzan-Lori Parks
ISBN-10
0472069462
ISBN-13
9780472069460
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Author
Deborah R. Geis

Description

Suzan Lori-Parks is one of America's most distinctive playwrights. Part of the Michigan Major Dramatists series, this book offers a guide to Parks' dramatic works. It traces the evolution of Parks' art from her earliest experimental pieces to the hugely popular Topdog/Underdog to her wide-ranging forays into fiction, music, and film.

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