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August Wilson

August Wilson 0000000368634467 August Wilson (1945-2005), two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning African American playwright, is renowned for his Pittsburgh Cycle, a series of 10 plays each set in a unique ...

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Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson

by Jen Bryant

Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson Jen Bryant 9781419736537 Nonfiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams A celebration of August Wilson’s journey from a child in Pittsburgh to one of America...

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Jitney (1970s Century Cycle)

by August Wilson

Jitney (1970s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9781468314496 Fiction The Overlook Press The Overlook Press Rereleased in time for its first Broadway run, Jitney is the seventh in Wilson’s 10-play cycle ...

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Gem of the Ocean (1900s Century Cycle)

by August Wilson

Gem of the Ocean (1900s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9781559362801 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group “No one except perhaps Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams has ai...

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King Hedley II (1980s Century Cycle)

by August Wilson

King Hedley II (1980s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9781559362603 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group “Wilson’s melody here is the mournful sound of what might have been, ...

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August Wilson Century Cycle

by August Wilson

August Wilson Century Cycle August Wilson 9781559363075 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle (10 plays covering 10 decades) 1900s - ...

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The Ground on Which I Stand: 25th Anniversary Edition

by August Wilson

The Ground on Which I Stand: 25th Anniversary Edition August Wilson 9781559369954 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group “What we do now becomes history by which our grandch...

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Gem of the Ocean (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1904)

by August Wilson

Gem of the Ocean (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1904) August Wilson 9780573704772 Fiction Samuel French Inc Samuel French Inc Set in 1904, August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean begins on the eve of Aunt Esther’s...

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The Piano Lesson (1930s Century Cycle)

by August Wilson

The Piano Lesson (1930s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9780452265349 Fiction Plume Penguin Random House August Wilson has already given the American theater such spell-binding plays about the black expe...

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Fences (1950s Century Cycle)

by August Wilson

Fences (1950s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9780452264014 Fiction Plume Penguin Random House  The 1987 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for DramaFrom August Wilson, author of The Piano Lesson and the 1984-...

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Radio Golf (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1990)

by August Wilson

Radio Golf (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1990) August Wilson 9780573706073 Fiction Samuel French Inc Samuel French Inc Radio Golf is a fast-paced, dynamic, and wonderfully funny work about the world today ...

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Fences

by August Wilson

Fences August Wilson 9780735216686 Fiction Plume Penguin Random House From legendary playwright August Wilson comes the powerful, stunning dramatic bestseller that won him critical acclaim, including ...

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Seven Guitars (1940s Century Cycle)

by August Wilson

Seven Guitars (1940s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9780452276925 Fiction Plume Penguin Random House Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano LessonWinner of the New York Drama Critics Circ...

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Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1910s Century Cycle)

by August Wilson

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1910s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9780452260092 Fiction Plume Penguin Random House Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano LessonWinner of the New York Drama...

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1927)

by August Wilson

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1927) August Wilson 9780573681134 Fiction Samuel French Inc Samuel French Inc Play with music Characters: 8 males (5 black, 3 white) 2 black females S...

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Radio Golf (1990s Century Cycle)

by August Wilson

Radio Golf (1990s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9781559363082 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group “The concluding work in one of the most ambitious dramatic projects eve...

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Movie Tie-In): A Play

by August Wilson

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Movie Tie-In): A Play August Wilson 9780593184967 Fiction Plume Penguin Random House NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING VIOLA DAVIS AND CHADWICK BOSEMAN From the Pulitzer Prize-winn...

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The Romare Bearden Reader

by Robert G. O’Meally

The Romare Bearden Reader Robert G. O’Meally 9781478000587 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books The Romare Bearden Reader brings together a collection of new essays and c...

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Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance

by Mark Whitaker

Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance Mark Whitaker 9781501122392 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. The other great Renaissance of black culture, influence,...

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The Piano Lesson (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1936)

by August Wilson

The Piano Lesson (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1936) August Wilson 9780573704741 Fiction Samuel French Inc Samuel French Inc Winner! 1990 Pulitzer Prize for DramaWinner! 1990 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding ...

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King Hedley II (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1985)

by August Wilson

King Hedley II (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1985) August Wilson 9780573704758 Fiction Samuel French Inc Samuel French Inc Finalist! 2000 Pulitzer Prize in DramaPeddling stolen refrigerators in the feeble ...

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Two Trains Running (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1969)

by August Wilson

Two Trains Running (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1969) August Wilson 9780573704765 Fiction Samuel French Inc Samuel French Inc Finalist! 1992 Pulitzer Prize in Drama This is the 1960s chapter of the Pulitz...

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Jitney (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1977)

by August Wilson

Jitney (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1977) August Wilson 9780573627958 Fiction Samuel French Inc Samuel French Inc Drama Characters: 8 male, 1 female Interior SetSet in 1970 in the Hill District of Pittsb...

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Seven Guitars (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1948)

by August Wilson

Seven Guitars (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1948) August Wilson 9780573696008 Fiction Samuel French Inc Samuel French Inc Full Length, Tragic comedy Characters: 4 male, 3 female Exterior Set The sixth in t...

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Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1911)

by August Wilson

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1911) August Wilson 9780573691423 Fiction Samuel French Inc Samuel French Inc Drama / Casting: 6m, 5f / Scenery: Interior Sets Set in a black boardi...

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Fences (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1957)

by August Wilson

Fences (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1957) August Wilson 9780573619052 Fiction Samuel French Inc Samuel French Inc Drama / 5m, 2f / 1 Set Winner of the New York Drama Critic’s and Tony Awards as well as th...

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Two Trains Running (1960s Century Cycle)

by August Wilson

Two Trains Running (1960s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9781559363037 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group Set during the civil rights movement, at the lunch counter of Mem...

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (1920s Century Cycle)

by August Wilson

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (1920s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9780452261136 Fiction Plume Penguin Random House Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano LessonWinner of the New York Drama C...

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The Norton Anthology of African American Literature

by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay

The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay 9780393040012 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

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Jerrell Gibbs: No Solace in the Shade

by Angela N. Carroll

Jerrell Gibbs: No Solace in the Shade Angela N. Carroll 9780847874408 Nonfiction Rizzoli Electa Rizzoli International Publications The First Major Publication on Baltimore-Based Painter Jerrell Gibbs,...

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Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon’s Enduring Impact on America

by Mark Whitaker

Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon’s Enduring Impact on America Mark Whitaker 9781668033296 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. Published to coincide with the hundredth anni...

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(s)Kinfolk: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah

by Tochi Onyebuchi

(s)Kinfolk: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah Tochi Onyebuchi 9780999431696 Nonfiction Fiction Advocate Fiction Advocate Literary Nonfiction. African & African American Studies. When Did You First...

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Night Hawks: Stories

by Charles Johnson

Night Hawks: Stories Charles Johnson 9781501184383 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. A masterful story collection—thirteen years in the making—from National Book Award winner Charle...

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Americus

by Michael Datcher

Americus Michael Datcher 9783945651001 Nonfiction Safkhet Publishing Safkhet Publishing Revelations into an American Legacy What happens to fraternal love when identical twins stop being identical? To...

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SOS—Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader

by John H. Bracey Jr., Sonia Sanchez, and James Smethurst

SOS—Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader John H. Bracey Jr., Sonia Sanchez, and James Smethurst 9781625340313 Fiction University of Massachusetts Press University of Massachusetts Pr...

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A Cupboard Full of Coats: A Novel

by Yvvette Edwards

A Cupboard Full of Coats: A Novel Yvvette Edwards 9780062183736 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins “[A] gorgeously lyrical debut novel….Engrossing and human to the core, Edwards’s novel wrings the heart in...

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Power And Possibility: Essays, Reviews, And Interviews (Poets On Poetry)

by Elizabeth Alexander

Power And Possibility: Essays, Reviews, And Interviews (Poets On Poetry) Elizabeth Alexander 9780472069378 Poetry University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press A volume in the Poets on Poe...

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Losing Absalom

by Alexs D. Pate

Losing Absalom Alexs D. Pate 9781566891707 Fiction Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Sonny Goodman may have hopped the “modern underground railroad called education” and arrived in far-flung Minne...

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The Oxford Companion to African American Literature

by William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris

The Oxford Companion to African American Literature William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris 9780195065107 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Here indeed ...

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Belly Song and Other Poems

by Etheridge Knight

Belly Song and Other Poems Etheridge Knight 9780910296885 Poetry Broadside Press Broadside Press Here indeed is the pantheon of African American writers—Phillis Wheatley and Sojourner Truth, Frederick...

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Jamie Walker

Jamie Walker NONE Jamie Walker, Ph.D. is a freelance journalist, and poet. She is also president and CEO of J.D. Publishing Group. Originally from Oakland, California, Walker graduated magna cum lau...

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Lynn Nottage

Lynn Nottage 0000000080050112 Congrats to Lynn Nottage: Winner 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Lynn Nottage, a distinguished playwright and lecturer, is celebrated for her outstanding plays and awarded ...

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Leah Lewis

Leah Lewis 0000000436814452 Reverend Dr. Leah Carol Lewis, J.D., is a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit executive. Leah is the Founder and Executive Director of Little Lumpy’s Center for Educational...

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Laurence Fishburne - The "Bobby" Interview

by Kam Williams

Laurence Fishburne - The "Bobby" Interview Kam Williams Interview Sir Laurence on Revisiting Camelot and the RFK Legacy      Bobby (2006) - Laurence Fishburne (l) Freddy Rodr’guez (r) ...

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Nyambi Nyambi The "Mike & Molly" Interview with AALBC.com's Kam Williams

by Kam Williams

Nyambi Nyambi The "Mike & Molly" Interview with AALBC.com's Kam Williams Kam Williams Interview Nyambi Nyambi The “Mike & Molly” Interview Versatile Shakespearean thespian and television co...

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Nyambi Nyambi The "Mike & Molly" Interview with AALBC.com's Kam Williams

by Kam Williams

Nyambi Nyambi The "Mike & Molly" Interview with AALBC.com's Kam Williams Kam Williams Interview Nyambi Nyambi The “Mike & Molly” Interview Versatile Shakespearean thespian and television comedy...

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Omari Hardwick - The "Kick-Ass" Interview

by Kam Williams

Omari Hardwick - The "Kick-Ass" Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in savannah, Georgia on January 9, 1974, Omari Hardwick was the second of four children blessing the union of Clifford and...

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