Ray proctor teaches a class about contributions to the africanamerican theater and the Pulitzer Prize winning play fences. Today were going to look at August Wilsons fences. Well begin with a very brief discussion about who and what August Wilson was, his goal as a playwrig playwright. Im going to repeat some stuff youve heard before from our inclass conversation but theres going to be some stuff im going to talk about in a little bit more depth than we talked about last class. On thursday you guys are going to look at tbone and weasel. I hope you all read that and prepare to do that. Ill give you a very quick pop quiz. Were going to take it so you can get a grade for it and youll also have the pop quiz for tbone and wiesel. Lets start with augustwilson. August wilson was born Frederick August kittle on april 27, 1945. His mothers name was daisy wilson, a cleaning lady. His father was Frederick August kittle. He was a german baker. Race matters in a very specific way. Race is always on
End, if you could pull up your chairs, it will give you more space for the book signing and help us get back to bookselling. Welcome to politics and prose. My name is abby fennewald. I run all of our events in the store. Np,youre not familiar with p i would invite you to take a moment to sign up for our calendar of events and see everything else. We are operating inside three locations around town and will be doing events in all the spaces as well. We are doing more than ever. I would hate for you to miss out on any of it. With that, on to why your here. We are so happy to have eric burns back with us. Here four times before. He is back to talk about his new book, 1920 the men that made the decade roar. This is absolutely not your typical history book. And he is not your typical academic historian. He brings his journalist eye to the topic just as he had with , his previous book. He is a former nbc news correspondent and is the former host of fox news watch and has won an emmy for medi
More space for the book signing and help us get back to bookselling. Welcome to politics and prose. I run all of our events in the store. If you are not familiar with pmp i would take invite you to take a moment to sign up for our calendar of events and see everything else. We are operating inside three locations and will be doing events in all the spaces. More than ever command that hate for you to miss out on any of it. With that, on to why your here. Were happy to were happy to have eric with us. Then here four times four to talk about his new book 1920, the unit made the decade were. This is absolutely not your typical history book. He is not here to go sort of historian. He brings his journalist i to the topic just as he had with his previous book a former nbc news correspondent and was the former host of fox news watch and is one an emmy for media criticism. He strips away a lot of the glamour that surrounds our concept of the 1920s and is able to really show more about what ever
More space for the book signing and help us get back to bookselling. Welcome to politics and prose. I run all of our events in the store. If you are not familiar with pmp i would take invite you to take a moment to sign up for our calendar of events and see everything else. We are operating inside three locations and will be doing events in all the spaces. More than ever command that hate for you to miss out on any of it. With that, on to why your here. Were happy to were happy to have eric with us. Then here four times four to talk about his new book 1920, the unit made the decade were. This is absolutely not your typical history book. He is not here to go sort of historian. He brings his journalist i to the topic just as he had with his previous book a former nbc news correspondent and was the former host of fox news watch and is one an emmy for media criticism. He strips away a lot of the glamour that surrounds our concept of the 1920s and is able to really show more about what ever
More space for the book signing and help us get back to bookselling. Welcome to politics and prose. I run all of our events in the store. If you are not familiar with pmp i would take invite you to take a moment to sign up for our calendar of events and see everything else. We are operating inside three locations and will be doing events in all the spaces. More than ever command that hate for you to miss out on any of it. With that, on to why your here. Were happy to were happy to have eric with us. Then here four times four to talk about his new book 1920, the unit made the decade were. This is absolutely not your typical history book. He is not here to go sort of historian. He brings his journalist i to the topic just as he had with his previous book a former nbc news correspondent and was the former host of fox news watch and is one an emmy for media criticism. He strips away a lot of the glamour that surrounds our concept of the 1920s and is able to really show more about what ever