‘Parks has burst through every known convention to invent a new theatrical language, like a jive Samuel Beckett, while exploding American cultural myths and stereotypes along the way…. She’s passionate and jokey and some kind of genius.’–
Vogue
A collection of plays and essays by one of America’s premier playwrights. Includes the essays ‘
Possession, ‘ ‘from Elements of Style, ‘ and ‘An Equation for Black People Onstage, ‘ and the plays
Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, Betting on Dust Commander, Pickling, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, Devotees in the Garden of Love,
and
The America Play.
About the author
One of the contemporary American theater’s most innovative wordsmiths. Her plays include: Topdog/Underdog (2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama), In the Blood (2000 Pulitzer-nominee), Fucking A, Venus (OBIE Award), The America Play and Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom (OBIE Award, Best New American Play). She is also a screenwriter, novelist, and Mac Arthur ‘Genius’ grantee.
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