Monday, September 04, 2023
New biography traces August Wilson's short temper and towering talent
DC Theater Arts: This first full-length biography of August Wilson tells the engaging story of one of the most successful American Black playwrights of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Patti Hartigan, a white journalist and critic who met Wilson early in both their careers, traces the course of Wilson’s life and works, from his childhood in Pittsburgh as the illegitimate son of a white merchant, through to his documenting each decade of 20th-century Black life in his Century Cycle plays.
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August Wilson was a fascinating man with an enormous legacy. He was daring, defiant, and never backed down. Wilson’s vision was what drove him. An artist who knew what he wanted and had the fortitude to carry it out. With any collaborative experience, there will always be critics but this will never discount his genius.
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