August Wilson
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August Wilson: A Literary Companion
By Mary Ellen SnodgrassAccording to Sharon Fitzgerald, “Community life represented [to Wilson] a dynamic fusion of struggles, secrets, fantasies, and strengths” (Fitzgerald, p. ¡4). Content in an intergenerational milieu, he spent his days chain-smoking, ...
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August Wilson: Completing the Twentieth-Century Cycle
By Alan NadelShe is the author of In the Light of Likeness — Transformed: The Literary Art of Leon Forrest, the coeditor of August ... African American Humor, Irony, and Satire: IshmaelReed, Satirically Speaking; and Conversations with Leon Forrest.
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August Wilson
By Harold Bloom1996–2008 by Pro- Quest LLC. Reprinted by permission. Margaret Booker, “Radio Golf: The Courage of His Convictions—Survival, Success and Spirituality.” From The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson, edited by Christopher Bigsby, ...
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August Wilson: A Literary Companion
By Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Mary EllenAward-winning African-American playwright August Wilson created a cultural chronicle of black America through such works as Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, and...
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August Wilson
By Peter WolfeThe African-American dramatist August Wilson, who was born in a Pittsburgh slum in 1945, saw the first professional productions of his plays in 1981 and 1982, in little theaters in...
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August Wilson
By Harold BloomDiscussion and criticism of Ma Rainey's black bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's come and gone and Two trains running.
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August Wilson: A Casebook
By Marilyn ElkinsThe only African American playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize twice, Wilson has yet to receive the critical attention that he merits. With 12 original essays, this volume provides a thorough introduction to his body of work.
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August Wilson: Pittsburgh Places in His Life and Plays
By Christopher Rawson, Laurence Admiral GlascoAugust Wilson: Pittsburgh Places in His Life and Plays
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August Wilson: A Research and Production Sourcebook
By Yvonne ShaferWhen Ma Rainey's Black Bottom opened in 1984, August Wilson was unknown in theatre. By 1988 he was described as the foremost dramatist of the American black experience and was...