August Wilson and Black Aesthetics

by Dana A. Williams (Editor), Sandra Shannon (Editor)

"August Wilson and Black Aesthetics" offers new essays that address issues raised in Wilson's "The Ground on Which I Stand" speech. Essays and interviews range from examinations of the presence of Wilson's politics in his plays to the limitations of these politics on contemporary interpretations of Black aesthetics. Also included is Sybil Roberts' "A Liberating Prayer: A Lovesong for Mumia," that, for two seasons, has played to sold out houses, but that until now has not been published.

231 pages, Hardcover

First published August 21, 2004

About the author

Dana A. Williams is associate professor of African American literature at Howard University.