
August Wilson
Award-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 Two Trains Running. The authentic ring of wit, anecdote, homily, and plaint proved that a self-educated Pittsburgh ghetto native can grow into a revered conduit for a century of black ach...
Award-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 Two Trains Running. The authentic ring of wit, anecdote, homily, and plaint proved that a self-educated Pittsburgh ghetto native can grow into a revered conduit for a century of black ach...