[{"id": "augustwilson-12", "words": "5863", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "76", "author": "Whitaker, Mark", "title": "Celebrating August Wilson's Legacy in Smoketown", "date": "2019", "keywords": "o l; o n; pittsburgh; s s; s t; t t; t w; u g; u s; wilson", "summary": "Keywords August Wilson, Mark Whitaker, Smoketown, Pittsburgh Courier, Hill District I\u2019m very honored to be here to address this colloquium, but I\u2019m also a bit embarrassed. Beginning with the assertion that that Wilson\u2019s family story fits the larger pattern of migrants from the northern part of the Old South who arrived in Pittsburgh with a respect for literacy and religious discipline, Whitaker contrasts the history of black Pittsburgh as reported in the pages of The Pittsburgh Courier with the metaphorical representations in Wilson's American Century Cycle.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-18", "words": "2267", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "Quain, Laura E.", "title": "August Wilson House, Duquesne University, Nancy Beard Foundation Team Up to Support Emerging Artists through August Wilson Fellowship", "date": "2019", "keywords": "s t", "summary": "Keywords Duquesne University, August Wilson House, August Wilson Fellowship, Nancy Beard Foundation In early 2018, a $100,000 fellowship program was established between The August Wilson House and Duquesne University. According to the Daisy Wilson Artist Community website, the partnership aims to offer educational and service opportunities for Duquesne students and staff in The Hill District, promote the arts both at Duquesne University and in The Hill, preserve and advance the artistic legacy of August Wilson, and help The Hill community flourish.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-21", "words": "6634", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "77", "author": "Bell, Christopher", "title": "A Front Row Seat: Sala Udin Remembers August Wilson", "date": "2019", "keywords": "o l; o n; s s; s t; u s; udin; wilson", "summary": "Keywords August Wilson, Sala Udin, Hill District, Chris Bell, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, St. Richard\u2019s School, Rob Penny, Civil Rights Movement, Black Horizons Theater, Pan Fried Fish Any understanding of the American playwright August Wilson begins with an understanding of the Hill District. \u2212 Sala Udin Abstract Lifelong friend of August Wilson, Sala Udin, shares his memories of knowing the playwright from their childhood in the Hill District until the dramatist's death in 2005.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-26", "words": "12834", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "80", "author": "Glasco, Laurence", "title": "Chapter IX: \u201cI Can\u2019t Take It!\u201d: August Wilson Leaves Pittsburgh", "date": "2019", "keywords": "august; black; interview; kiburi; lee; o l; o n; pittsburgh; rob; s s; s t; t e; t t; t w; u g; u r; u s; wilson", "summary": "d u 1 Chapter IX: I Can't Take It!: August Wilson Leaves Pittsburgh By Laurence Glasco Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh Sala Udin never forgave [Claude] Purdy for luring August away from Pittsburgh, but in hindsight believes it was time for August to move on. Abstract The story of August Wilson leaving Pittsburgh for St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1978.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-28", "words": "1747", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "85", "author": "Addington, Thom C.", "title": "Bibliography for August Wilson Journal: Spring 2019", "date": "2019", "keywords": "august; richards; shannon; wilson", "summary": "Spring 2019 Compiled by Thom C. Addington Instructor, Richard Bland College of William and Mary Keywords August Wilson, Bibliography, 2016-2019 Primary Sources Wilson, August. \u201cWalter Mosley, August Wilson, and Mosaics of Memory.\u201d", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-31", "words": "7862", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "88", "author": "Shannon, Sandra G.", "title": "Constanza Romero on August Wilson's Legacy: Past, Present, and Future", "date": "2019", "keywords": "o l; o n; s s; s t; u g; u s", "summary": "And the reason I'm doing that is because they are young designers who may not have had an opportunity to design for August Wilson before, and I think that me sharing with them all of the little details that are important within the text of August Wilson, as opposed to them just designing something because it's a project at school or using the same research as everybody else. All these people came together and rallied to say, Let's not forget August Wilson.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-34", "words": "404", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Maley, Patrick", "title": "Welcome to the Stage Review Section of the August Wilson Journal", "date": "2019", "keywords": "journal; wilson", "summary": "August Wilson Journal has a commitment to exploring and engaging with productions of August Wilson\u2019s work on stages across the country and the world. In short, performance reviews in August Wilson Journal intend to unite the fields of Wilsonian scholarship and Wilsonian theater with the goal of advancing all of our intellectual and aesthetic engagement with Wilson\u2019s work and legacy.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-35", "words": "1768", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "74", "author": "Nadel, Alan", "title": "Reading August Wilson's Character and His Characters: A Suggestive Introduction", "date": "2019", "keywords": "wilson", "summary": "Keywords August Wilson, Alan Nadel, American Century Cycle, O'Neill Center, Daisy Wilson By maintaining staunchly that he not enable others to take away what was rightfully his, Wilson, whether rich or poor, was honoring the spirit of his mother, Daisy Wilson.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-43", "words": "325", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Walker, Melonnie", "title": "Welcome to the Dramaturgy Section of the August Wilson Journal", "date": "2019", "keywords": "journal", "summary": "August Wilson Journal V o l . Mel Walker https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\ufffd http://www.library.pitt.edu/\ufffd http://www.pitt.edu/\ufffd http://www.library.pitt.edu/d-scribe-digital-collections\ufffd http://upress.pitt.edu/\ufffd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/\ufffd Welcome to the Dramaturgy Section of the August Wilson Journal Author Bio", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-44", "words": "2612", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "66", "author": "Downing, Michael J.", "title": "Welcome to the Inaugural Edition of the August Wilson Journal", "date": "2019", "keywords": "wilson", "summary": "Keywords August Wilson, August Wilson Journal, Sandra Shannon, Larry Glasco, David Anderson, Patrick Maley, Chris Bell, Artisia Green, Melonnie Walker, Steven Tracy, Alan Nadel, Chris Rawson, American Literature Association, University of Pittsburgh Gratitude As we prepare to launch the first edition of the August Wilson Journal, I can only express heartfelt gratitude to so many people who have helped along the way: Sandra Shannon, Larry Glasco, David Anderson, Patrick Maley, Chris Bell, Artisia Green, Melonnie Walker, Steven Tracy, Alan Nadel, and Chris Rawson, along with all of our excellent peer reviewers and editorial advisors. It hass been a long haul with numerous challenges along the way, but it is my hope that we are making history with this first edition and that this project will serve as the ongoing, official record for August Wilson studies well into the future.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-47", "words": "305", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "62", "author": "Downing, Michael J.", "title": "Notes", "date": "2019", "keywords": "cycle", "summary": "d u 1 Notes Keywords August Wilson, Pittsburgh Cycle, Century Cycle, American Century Cycle, Constanza Romero, August Wilson Estate Note #1 American Century Cycle This note relates to the Journal's terminology involving the cycle of ten plays that August Wilson wrote commonly known as the Pittsburgh Cycle or the Century Cycle. At the 2018 August Wilson Society Colloquium held at the August Wilson Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Constanza Romero, August's widow and coordinator of the August Wilson Estate, said to the group that her preference, going forward, is that the phrase August Wil- son's American Century Cycle be used to refer to those ten plays.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-48", "words": "1152", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "62", "author": "Anderson, David L.", "title": "Sherlock, Watson, Wilson, and the Adventure of the MDWs", "date": "2019", "keywords": "wilson", "summary": "Keywords August Wilson Journal, University of Pittsburgh, Sandra Shannon, Constanza Romero, Michael Downing Congratulations to all of you pioneers whose research, judgments, and insights have been published in this, the one and only inaugural issue of August Wilson Journal. August Wilson Journal was his vision and he carried the heaviest load, showing his characteristic grace under pressure.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-49", "words": "186", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "59", "author": "Downing, Michael J.", "title": "Erratum: Addington, Thomas. \"Bibliography for August Wilson Journal: Spring 2019.\" August Wilson Journal doi:https://doi.org/10.5195/awj.2019.28.", "date": "2019", "keywords": "journal", "summary": "August Wilson Journal doi:https://doi.org/10.5195/awj.2019.28. Bibliography for August Wilson Journal: Spring 2019.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-50", "words": "190", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "60", "author": "Downing, Michael J.", "title": "Erratum: Ridley, Leticia. \"Stage Review of Gem of the Ocean.\" August Wilson Journal doi:https://doi.org/10.5195/awj.2019.22.", "date": "2019", "keywords": "journal", "summary": "August Wilson Journal doi:https://doi.org/10.5195/awj.2019.22. August Wilson Journal doi:https://doi.org/10.5195.awj.2019.22, author Leticia Ridley\u2019s credentials were updated from master\u2019s candidate to doctoral candidate.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-55", "words": "9387", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "81", "author": "Saunders, Skyler Easton", "title": "Unlocked Minds: August Wilson\u2019s Suspects, Ex-Cons, or Soon-to-Be Convicted Characters in his American Century Cycle", "date": "2020", "keywords": "c o; e r; n d; o l; o n; o o; r s; s o; s t; t t; t w; u g; u n; u r; u s", "summary": "At this writing, in July of 2020, with millions or Black men locked behind The Wall in America, we look to leaders like August Wilson to communicate this devastation, and we must hold up his work as a model to press for change. For seven years, he is compelled to complete back-breaking, mind-numbing, soul-crushing labor for a man who illegally rounds up Black men to fulfill his tasks.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-58", "words": "2299", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Green, Omiy\u1eb9mi Artisia", "title": "Reframing the Blues as a Performance Strategy in after august", "date": "2020", "keywords": "blues; maley; wilson", "summary": "Noting\u00a0 the\u00a0 similarity\u00a0between\u00a0 their\u00a0plays\u00a0 in\u00a0 \u201cconstruction,\u00a0 habits,\u00a0 prejudices\u00a0 [and\u2026]\u00a0 language\u201d\u00a0 (188),\u00a0Maley\u00a0 contends\u00a0 that\u00a0McCraney\u00a0 carves\u00a0out\u00a0a\u00a0new\u00a0terrain\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0legacy\u00a0of\u00a0Wilson\u2019s\u00a0blues\u00a0dramaturgy\u00a0with\u00a0his\u00a0focus\u00a0on\u00a0Black\u00a0 queer\u00a0 identities\u00a0 (and\u00a0 I\u00a0would\u00a0add,\u00a0 through\u00a0his\u00a0use\u00a0of\u00a0an\u00a0explicit\u00a0Africanist\u00a0dramaturgy,\u00a0a\u00a0 feature\u00a0 that\u00a0was\u00a0much\u00a0more\u00a0 latent\u00a0 and\u00a0 creolized\u00a0 through\u00a0 blues\u00a0 aesthetics\u00a0 and\u00a0Western\u00a0 dramatic\u00a0elements\u00a0in\u00a0Wilson\u2019s\u00a0work).\u00a0 \u00a0 \uf02d Omiy\u1eb9mi\u00a0Artisia\u00a0Green\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Abstract\u00a0\u00a0 An\u00a0 analysis\u00a0 and\u00a0 review\u00a0 of\u00a0 Patrick\u00a0Maley\u2019s\u00a0 after\u00a0 august\u00a0 regarding\u00a0 the\u00a0 topic\u00a0 of\u00a0 blues\u00a0 and\u00a0 how\u00a0 the\u00a0 subject\u00a0is\u00a0used\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0variety\u00a0of\u00a0methods\u00a0associated\u00a0with\u00a0August\u00a0Wilson\u2019s\u00a0American\u00a0Century\u00a0Cycle\u00a0and\u00a0 other\u00a0related\u00a0works.\u00a0", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-61", "words": "3377", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "77", "author": "Bell, Christopher B.; Clayton, Trajan; Starr, Nic", "title": "August Wilson's Legacy Felt Strongly by Those Who Perform His Works", "date": "2020", "keywords": "american; august; wilson; work", "summary": "e du \u00a0 \u00a0 1\u00a0 August\u00a0Wilson's\u00a0Legacy\u00a0Felt\u00a0Strongly\u00a0by\u00a0Those\u00a0Who\u00a0 Perform\u00a0His\u00a0Works\u00a0 Christopher\u00a0B.\u00a0Bell\u00a0 Associate\u00a0Professor\u00a0of\u00a0English,\u00a0University\u00a0of\u00a0North\u00a0Georgia\u00a0 Editor,\u00a0Legacy\u00a0Section,\u00a0August\u00a0Wilson\u00a0Journal\u00a0 \u00a0 Trajan\u00a0Clayton\u00a0 Theater\u00a0Studies\u00a0Major\u00a0at\u00a0Southern\u00a0Methodist\u00a0University\u00a0 \u00a0 Nic\u00a0Starr\u00a0 Artistic\u00a0Director\u00a0of\u00a0Marietta\u2019s\u00a0Theatre\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Square\u00a0 Managing\u00a0Director\u00a0of\u00a0New\u00a0African\u00a0Grove\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 August\u00a0Wilson\u00a0has\u00a0left\u00a0us\u00a0a\u00a0portrait\u00a0of\u00a0life\u00a0in\u00a0America\u00a0for\u00a0 most\u00a0African\u00a0Americans\u00a0that\u00a0covers\u00a0a\u00a0century\u00a0of\u00a0our\u00a0 history.\u00a0 \uf02d Nic\u00a0Starr\u00a0 \u00a0 Abstract\u00a0\u00a0 Trajan\u00a0Clayton\u00a0and\u00a0Nic\u00a0Starr\u00a0write\u00a0about\u00a0 their\u00a0experiences\u00a0 relating\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0work\u00a0of\u00a0August\u00a0Wilson.\u00a0\u00a0", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-62", "words": "7574", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "78", "author": "Bell, Christopher", "title": "Subverting the Role of Les Lieux de M\u00e9moire: Alaga Syrup as a Symbol in King Hedley II", "date": "2020", "keywords": "e r; e s; l e; l l; o l; o n; s l; s t; t t; u g; u r; u s", "summary": "The current website for Alaga Syrup revels in the company\u2019s beginnings, featuring the following copy: \u201c100 years ago, ALAGA Syrup Company found the secret formula for the \u2018Sweetness of the South\u2019 when the original cane syrup recipe was created in 1906. d u 1 Subverting the Role of Les Lieux de Memoire: Alaga Syrup as a Symbol in King Hedley II By Christopher Bell Associate Professor of English, University of North Georgia While the Alaga Billboard may evoke fond memories for those who recognize it, by the 1980s the Hill District, the setting of the play, was a food desert, a community wherein no healthy food options exist, and the product was no longer available in the neighborhood, rendering the presence of the Alaga billboard a negative symbol which complements Wilson\u2019s depiction of the neighborhood as one that steadily declines during the second half of the Twentieth Century.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-65", "words": "431", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "62", "author": "Editors, August Wilson Journal", "title": "Erratum to Saunders, Skyler. \"Unlocked Minds: August Wilson\u2019s Suspects, Ex-Cons, or Soon-to-Be Convicted Characters in his American Century Cycle.\" August Wilson Journal [Online], 2(2020): doi https://doi.org/10.5195/awj.2020.55", "date": "2021", "keywords": "august", "summary": "On page 1, the following sentence has been removed: \u201cBlack Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.\u201d [Online], 2(2020): doi https://doi.org/10.5195/awj.2020.55 August Wilson Journal Editors", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-68", "words": "7387", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "82", "author": "Anderson, David; Downing, Michael", "title": "The August Wilson Archive: First Panel Discussion (January 2021)", "date": "2021", "keywords": "n d; o l; o n; r s; s o; s t; t w; u g; u s", "summary": "Keywords August Wilson, August Wilson Archive, University of Pittsburgh, University Library System, Hillman Library, Archives and Special Collections, August Wilson Estate The following is an edited version of an approximately 55-minute conversation between the editors of the August Wilson Journal and five experts from the University of Pittsburgh, re- lated to the University\u2019s acquisition of the August Wilson Archives from the August Wilson Estate in October 2020. Engagement and Outreach Librarian for Archives and Special Collec- tions, currently working with the Kuntu Repertory Theatre Collection, which is a theater that August Wilson helped to found in Pittsburgh.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-69", "words": "8828", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "75", "author": "Grandt, J\u00fcrgen E.", "title": "\u201cHear Me Talking to You\u201d: Improvisation and the Auricular Imperative in Ma Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom", "date": "2022", "keywords": "blues; l l; levee; o l; o n; o u; s t; t t; t w; u r; u s", "summary": "For Levee, jazz music is kinesis; for Ma, blues music is stability. The Mother of the Blues recorded it in June of 1928, the twilight of her career\u2014she would enter a studio only thrice more\u2014with an outfit billed as \u201cMa Rainey and Her Tub Jug Washboard Band.\u201d", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-74", "words": "7224", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "70", "author": "Green, Omiyemi (Artisia)", "title": "August Wilson\u2019s Signification on the K\u00f3j\u00f3d\u00e1 within the \u201cStructurally Conservative\u201d Fences", "date": "2022", "keywords": "l l; o l; o n; s t; t t; t u; t w; troy; u g; u s; wilson", "summary": "To support her claim, Richards uses the example of the tenuous strain between the play\u2019s protagonist, Troy, and his younger Cory in Fences as an example of the familiar yet different. There are recognizable strains which both characterize and challenge Troy and Cory\u2019s relationship.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "augustwilson-81", "words": "1133", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Mickens, Leah; Daw, William", "title": "Updates from the August Wilson Archive at Pitt Library System", "date": "2022", "keywords": "archive; august; university; wilson", "summary": "Keywords Updates, August Wilson Archive, Grant, Plans The University of Pittsburgh Library System staff was happy to share information with the editors of the August Wilson Journal regarding the acquisition of the August Wilson Archive in the Spring 2021 issue. To learn more or register for these events, please watch our August Wilson Archive website for more information.", "mime": "application/pdf"}]