# augustwilson: A Pathfinder

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> August; Pittsburgh; Blues; Udin; Cycle; Troy

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## August

- Chapter IX: “I Can’t Take It!”: August Wilson Leaves Pittsburgh by Glasco, Laurence (2019) - 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. 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
- Bibliography for August Wilson Journal: Spring 2019 by Addington, Thom C. (2019) - 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. “Walter Mosley, August Wilson, and Mosaics of Memory.” Keywords: august; richards; shannon; wilson
- August Wilson's Legacy Felt Strongly by Those Who Perform His Works by Bell, Christopher B.; Clayton, Trajan; Starr, Nic (2020) - e du 1 August Wilson's Legacy Felt Strongly by Those Who Perform His Works Christopher B. Bell Associate Professor of English, University of North Georgia Editor, Legacy Section, August Wilson Journal Trajan Clayton Theater Studies Major at Southern Methodist University Nic Starr Artistic Director of Marietta’s Theatre in the Square Managing Director of New African Grove August Wilson has left us a portrait of life in America for most African Americans that covers a century of our history.  Nic Starr Abstract Trajan Clayton and Nic Starr write about their experiences relating to the work of August Wilson. Keywords: american; august; wilson; work
- Erratum to Saunders, Skyler. "Unlocked Minds: August Wilson’s 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 by Editors, August Wilson Journal (2021) - On page 1, the following sentence has been removed: “Black 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.” [Online], 2(2020): doi https://doi.org/10.5195/awj.2020.55 August Wilson Journal Editors Keywords: august
- Updates from the August Wilson Archive at Pitt Library System by Mickens, Leah; Daw, William (2022) - 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. Keywords: archive; august; university; wilson

## Pittsburgh

- Celebrating August Wilson's Legacy in Smoketown by Whitaker, Mark (2019) - Keywords August Wilson, Mark Whitaker, Smoketown, Pittsburgh Courier, Hill District I’m very honored to be here to address this colloquium, but I’m also a bit embarrassed. Beginning with the assertion that that Wilson’s 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. Keywords: o l; o n; pittsburgh; s s; s t; t t; t w; u g; u s; wilson

## Blues

- Reframing the Blues as a Performance Strategy in after august by Green, Omiyẹmi Artisia (2020) - Noting the similarity between their plays in “construction, habits, prejudices [and…] language” (188), Maley contends that McCraney carves out a new terrain in the legacy of Wilson’s blues dramaturgy with his focus on Black queer identities (and I would add, through his use of an explicit Africanist dramaturgy, a feature that was much more latent and creolized through blues aesthetics and Western dramatic elements in Wilson’s work).  Omiyẹmi Artisia Green Abstract An analysis and review of Patrick Maley’s after august regarding the topic of blues and how the subject is used in a variety of methods associated with August Wilson’s American Century Cycle and other related works. Keywords: blues; maley; wilson
- “Hear Me Talking to You”: Improvisation and the Auricular Imperative in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by Grandt, Jürgen E. (2022) - 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—she would enter a studio only thrice more—with an outfit billed as “Ma Rainey and Her Tub Jug Washboard Band.” Keywords: blues; l l; levee; o l; o n; o u; s t; t t; t w; u r; u s

## Udin

- A Front Row Seat: Sala Udin Remembers August Wilson by Bell, Christopher (2019) - Keywords August Wilson, Sala Udin, Hill District, Chris Bell, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, St. Richard’s 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. − 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. Keywords: o l; o n; s s; s t; u s; udin; wilson

## Cycle

- Notes by Downing, Michael J. (2019) - 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. Keywords: cycle

## Troy

- August Wilson’s Signification on the Kójódá within the “Structurally Conservative” Fences by Green, Omiyemi (Artisia) (2022) - To support her claim, Richards uses the example of the tenuous strain between the play’s 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’s relationship. Keywords: l l; o l; o n; s t; t t; t u; t w; troy; u g; u s; wilson

## Epilogue

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Created: 2025-12-22