Conversations with August Wilson

Book Overview

In little more than twenty years, playwright August Wilson (1945-2005) completed a ten-play cycle depicting African American life in the twentieth century, with each play taking place in a different decade. Two of the plays--Fences (1987) and The Piano Lesson (1990)--were awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and seven of them received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for best American play. Wilson was indisputably the most significant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578068312
• ISBN13: 9781578068319
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.9"