Would playwright August Wilson find success today?

August Wilson, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who chronicled the Black experience in America, gets a stirring biography from Patti Hartigan.
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Playwright August Wilson was ahead of his time. But would he have made it today? Click to view images

August Wilson, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who chronicled the Black experience in America, gets a stirring biography from Patti Hartigan.

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