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As the Washington Post says, "Dore Ashton brings the reader to the very core of Mark Rothko's art." She draws on her countless interviews with the artist--giving little credence to the false mythology surrounding his work--to take us to the heart of Rothko's painting, showing... Read Full Overview

The best full-scale biography of this intellectually restless, deeply committed artist.

Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the most respected of the modern African playwrights. This collection of essays on his plays, poetry and poetics brings together an international list of drama critics.