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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Built to carry weight
I will still stand up even if it all falls down Stand & deliver flying over shaking ground That be my measure for all you that come to weigh I am good in the storm My Gods built me to … Continue reading
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FENCES: Art Without Borders–Wilson the Universalist
FENCES: Art Without Borders–Wilson the Universalist The Lower Bottom Playaz, the oldest North American African theater troupe in Oakland CA is presenting FENCES as a part of its commitment to August Wilson’s Century Cycle. FENCES is perhaps the most familiar … Continue reading
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August 25, 2013
Tagged African American, august wilson, ayodele wordslanger nzinga, blk arts, Fences, hill district, lower bottom playaz, North American African Theater, Pittsburgh, Romare Bearden, short essay, The Century Cycle, the ground on which I stand, warrior art, West Oakland CA
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Pragmatic Optimism
The figs did not ripen this year nor did the dreams of democracy in the land of the free the hard green fruit only skin and seeds absent the flesh necessary to sustain the living who are left with only … Continue reading
August Wilson American Century Cycle kicks off Monday, August 26
August Wilson – Our Black Shakespeare Read in Japanese August Wilson August Wilson is the most influential and successful African American playwright writing today. He is the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences, The Piano Lesson, King Hedley II, Ma…
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