Conversations with August Wilson
Publisher description: Collects a selection of the many interviews Wilson gave from 1984 to 2004. In the interviews, the playwright covers at length and in detail his plays and his background. He comments as well on such subjects as the differences between African Americans and whites, his call for more black theater companies, and his belief that African Americans made a mistake in assimilating themselves into the white mainstream. He also talks about his major influences, what he calls his "four B's"--The blues, writers James Baldwin and Amiri Baraka, and painter Romare Bearden. Wilson also discusses his writing process and his multiple collaborations with director Lloyd Richards
Print Book, English, 2006
University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, 2006
Interview
xxii, 260 pages ; 23 cm.
9781578068302, 9781578068319, 1578068304, 1578068312
61240676
Includes index