August Wilson
Born 1945 · Died 2005
From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction
Quotes
“Jazz in itself is not struggling…That is, the music itself is not struggling. It and the baseball history you talk about are two anchors of the African American cultural community. It’s the attitude that’s in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.”
On not tossing certain facets of African American culture as relics in “AN INTER
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Books by August Wilson in order
Books by August Wilson in the order they were published, from Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1985) to How I Learned What I Learned (2018).
- 1Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom1985 - 2Fences
Fences1986 - 3Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Joe Turner's Come and Gone1988 - 4The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson1990 - 5Three Plays
Three Plays1991 - 6Two Trains Running
Two Trains Running1992 - 7Seven Guitars
Seven Guitars1996 - 8Jitney
Jitney2001 - 9The Ground on Which I Stand
The Ground on Which I Stand2001 - 10King Hedley II
King Hedley II2005 - 11Cultivating the Ground on Which We StandCultivating the Ground on Which We Stand2006
- 12Gem of the Ocean
Gem of the Ocean2006 - 13August Wilson Century Cycle
August Wilson Century Cycle2007 - 14Radio Golf
Radio Golf2007 - 15How I Learned What I Learned
How I Learned What I Learned2018