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  1. Aug 7, 2023 · Wilson, who died in 2005, spent so much time lingering in diners that “Writing in Restaurants” is a plausible alternative subtitle for Hartigan’s “August Wilson: A Life.”

  2. Aug 11, 2023 · Patti Hartigans “ August Wilson: A Life,” an invaluable and highly absorbing new biography, traces Wilson’s groundbreaking trajectory from his penurious beginnings to his death at age...

    • Charles Mcnulty
    • Theater Critic
    • charles.mcnulty@latimes.com
  3. Aug 15, 2023 · The first authoritative biography of August Wilson, who wrote a series of ten plays celebrating African American life in the 20th century, one play for each decade.

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    • Patti Hartigan
  4. Aug 15, 2023 · The first authoritative biography of August Wilson, the most important and successful American playwright of the late 20th century, by a theater critic who knew him. August Wilson wrote a series of ten plays celebrating African American life in the 20th century, one play for each decade.

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    • Patti Hartigan
  5. Aug 15, 2023 · An authoritative portrait of a defiant champion of Black theater. bookshelf. shop now. The life of an acclaimed American playwright. Theater critic and arts reporter Hartigan makes an impressive book debut with an appreciative, well-researched biography of August Wilson (1945-2005), winner of multiple awards (including Pulitzers for Fences and ...

    • Patti Hartigan
  6. Aug 13, 2023 · What we get from Hartigan’s book is a workmanlike portrait of August Wilson, a dutiful timeline that never delves deep enough into his poetic soul. Wilson emerges as a writer who fought hard, kept his eyes on the prize, and accepted nothing less than triumph.

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  8. Oct 12, 2023 · According to August Wilson: A Life, an excellent new biography by Patti Hartigan, Wilson lost his cool in the first moments of the play, slapping his female co-star in an unscripted moment...

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