Ed Bullins

Ed Bullins
Author: Samuel A. Hay
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780814326169

This book on the prize-winning African American playwright Ed Bullins is the first to chronicle the life and work of the man who dominated the New York theatre scene between 1968 and 1982. With his presentations of street life, Bullins transformed the Protest and Art-theatre traditions founded by W. E. B. DuBois and Alain Locke and made important contributions to black theatre.

African American Writers

African American Writers
Author: Lynda Koolish
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2001
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781578062584

This volume of photos of African-American authors highlights the diversity within African American literature and celebrates the many genres it explores. 59 photos.

Black Thunder

Black Thunder
Author: William B. Branch
Publisher: Signet Book
Total Pages: 564
Release: 1992
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

This anthology of nine contemporary plays (all produced between 1975 and 1990) actively confronts the racial realities of American culture and celebrates the African American experience with originality and meaning. Playwrights include George C. Wolfe, Leslie Lee, Steve Carter, Amiri Baraka, P.J. Gibson, William Branch, Alexander Simmons, Ed Bullins, and August Wilson.

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Author: Lanie Robertson
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1989
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780573681844

"Deals with one of the last appearances of Billie Holiday." -- p.7 | May include musicians.

Performing Blackness

Performing Blackness
Author: Kimberley W. Benston
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1135078246

Performing Blackness offers a challenging interpretation of black cultural expression since the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. Exploring drama, music, poetry, sermons, and criticism, Benston offers an exciting meditation on modern black performance's role in realising African-American aspirations for autonomy and authority. Artists covered include: * John Coltrane * Ntozake Shange * Ed Bullins * Amiri Baraka * Adrienne Kennedy * Michael Harper. Performing Blackness is an exciting contribution to the ongoing debate about the vitality and importance of black culture.

Publishing Blackness

Publishing Blackness
Author: George Hutchinson
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2013-02-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0472118633

The first of its kind, this volume sets in dialogue African Americanist and textual scholarship, exploring a wide range of African American textual history and work

Voices of Color

Voices of Color
Author: Woodie King
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2000-02
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1617745944

A collection of scenes and monologues by African American playwrights.