 The
African American Book of Values by
Steven Barboza (Author) (Hardcover - Sep 15,
1998)
In this massive anthology,
Steven Barboza reveals the story of the
African American as largely a story of good triumphing over evil, in a myriad of
forms. "This book," he writes, "can give children, families, teachers and friends
glimpses of values in action and provide moral examples that any reader can recognize."
Culled from many short-story and novel excerpts, poems, and essays, the collection
is divided into three distinct headings. "The Book of Self-Mastery" examines self-discipline,
courage, honesty, self-esteem, work, tenacity, creativity, and faith through texts
such as
Ralph Ellison's "Little Man at Chehaw Station,"
historian
Charles Blockson's heroic "The Ballad of the
Underground Railroad," and
Alain Locke's philosophical battle cry of the
Harlem Renaissance, "The New Negro."
Charles Chesnutt's "The Wife of His Youth,"
James Weldon Johnson's stereotype-smashing
look at Harlem in "Black Manhattan," and
Martin Luther King's immortal "Letter from
a Birmingham Jail" illuminate many of the themes in "The Book of Empathy," including
family, community and responsibility.
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| August Wilson and Black Aesthetics
by
Dana Williams,
Sandra Shannon,
August Wilson, and
Sybil Roberts (Author) (Hardcover
- Aug 21, 2004) |
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 August Wilson Century Cycle
by August Wilson (Author) (Hardcover
- Oct 2, 2007)
August Wilson's
Century Cycle is
"one of the most ambitious dramatic projects ever
undertaken" (The New York Times). With it, Wilson dramatizes
the African American experience and heritage in the
twentieth century, with a play for each decade, almost all
set in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, where he grew up.
Wilson's extraordinary lifework-completed just before his
death in October 2005-is presented here for the first time
in its entirety.
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| Art is beholden to the kiln in which the artist was
fired. Before I am anything, a man or a playwright, I am an
African American. . . . The cycle of plays that I have been
writing since 1979 is my attempt to represent that culture
on stage in all its richness and fullness and to demonstrate
its ability to sustain us in all areas of human life and
endeavor and through profound moments of our history in
which the larger society has thought less of us than we have
thought of ourselves. |
| The characters in the plays still place their faith
in America's willingness to live up to the meaning of her
creed. It is this belief in America's honor that allows them
to pursue the American Dream even as it remains elusive. . .
. They shout, they argue, they wrestle with love, honor,
duty, betrayal; they have loud voices and big hearts; they
demand justice, they love, they laugh, they cry, they
murder, and they embrace life with zest and vigor. . . . In
all the plays, the characters remain pointed towards the
future, their pockets lined with fresh hope and an abiding
faith in their own abilities and their own heroics.-August
Wilson |
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August Wilson: Three Plays
by August Wilson (Author) (Hardcover
- Jun 3, 1991) |
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American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies : Supplement VIII
(American Writers. Supplement, No 8) by
T. C. Boyle,
August Wilson, and
Jay Parini (Author)
(Hardcover
- May 2001) Other Editions:
Hardcover,
Board book |
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Black Thunder: An Anthology of African-American Drama by
William B. Branch,
Amiri Baraka, and August Wilson (Author)
(Paperback
- Feb 3, 1992) |
 Charlie Rose with August Wilson;
Steven Roberts; Abraham George (May 18, 2005)
(DVD
- 2006) |
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Fences, a Play By August Wilson by August Wilson and
LLOYD RICHARDS (Author) (Hardcover
- 1986) |
 Fences (The August Wilson Century
Cycle) by August Wilson and
Samuel G. Freedman (Author)
(Hardcover
- Sep 2007) Other Editions: Paperback, School & Library Binding, Turtleback, Unknown Binding |
 Gem of the Ocean: 1904 (August Wilson
Century Cycle) by August Wilson,
Phylicia Rashad,
and
John Lahr (Author) (Hardcover
- Sep 2007) Other Editions: Paperback |
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 Radio Golf by August Wilson (Author)
(Paperback
- Nov 8, 2007) Other Editions: Hardcover
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Radio Golf is August Wilson's final play. Set in 1990
Pittsburgh, it is the conclusion of his
Century Cycle-Wilson's ten-play chronicle of the African American
experience throughout the twentieth century-and is the last
play he completed before his death. With
Radio Golf Wilson's
lifework comes full circle as Aunt Ester's onetime home at
1839 Wylie Avenue (the setting of the cycle's first play) is
slated for demolition to make way for a slick new real
estate venture aimed to boost both the depressed Hill
District and Harmond Wilks' chance of becoming the city's
first black mayor. |
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The Ground on Which I Stand (Dramatic Contexts) by August Wilson (Author)
(Paperback
- Sep 2001) |
 Jitney: 1977 (August Wilson Century
Cycle) by August Wilson and
Ishmael Reed (Author)
(Hardcover
- Sep 2007) Other Editions: Hardcover, Paperback, Library Binding, Unknown Binding |
 Joe Turner's Come and Gone: 1911
(August Wilson Century Cycle) by August Wilson (Author)
and
Romulus Linney (Author) (Hardcover
- Sep 2007) Other Editions: Paperback, Library Binding |
| Joe Turner's Come and Gone
by August Wilson (Author) (Paperback
- 1990) |
 King Hedley II (The August Wilson
Century Cycle) by August Wilson (Author)
and
Marion McClinton (Author) (Hardcover
- Sep 2007) Other Editions: Hardcover, Paperback |
 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: 1927 (The
August Wilson Century Cycle) by August Wilson and
Frank Rich (Author) (Hardcover
- Sep 2007) Other Editions: Paperback, School & Library Binding, Unknown Binding |
 The Piano Lesson (The August Wilson
Century Cycle) by August Wilson and
Toni Morrison (Author)
(Hardcover
- Sep 2007) Other Editions: Hardcover, Paperback, School & Library Binding |
| Seven Black Plays: The
Theodore Ward Prize for African American Playwriting
by
Columbia College Chicago,
August Wilson,
Lydia Diamond, and
Gloria Bond-Clunie (Author)
(Paperback
- Jan 1, 2004) |
 Seven Guitars: 1948 (The August Wilson
Century Cycle) by August Wilson and
Tony Kushner (Author)
(Hardcover
- Sep 2007) Other Editions: Hardcover, Paperback, Unknown Binding |
 Two Trains Running: 1969 (August
Wilson Century Cycle) by August Wilson (Author)
and
Laurence Fishburne (Author) (Hardcover
- Sep 2007) Other Editions: Hardcover, Paperback |
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