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American Women Playwrights, 1900-1950 » Read Now
by Yvonne Shafer. 548 pgs.

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Women Playwrights of Diversity: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook » Read Now
by Jane T. Peterson, Suzanne Bennett. 402 pgs.

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Includes biographical sketches, play synopses, production histories, and bibliographical information for more than 80 contemporary women playwrights who present African American, Latina, Asian American, and lesbian perpectives.
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Their Place on the Stage: Black Women Playwrights in America » Read Now
by Elizabeth Brown-Guillory. 168 pgs.

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"This is the first book-length study of black American women playwrights. It will be useful to scholars in the fields of black and women's literature and an excellent source of background reading in graduate and undergraduate courses on American women playwrights. The author's training as both a...
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"This is the first book-length study of black American women playwrights. It will be useful to scholars in the fields of black and women's literature and an excellent source of background reading in graduate and undergraduate courses on American women playwrights. The author's training as both a scholar and a playwright is evident in this book." Choice
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From Seeking One's Voice to Uttering the Scream: The Pioneering Journey of African American Women Playwrights through the 1960s and 1970s, in African American Review » Read Now
by Olga Barrios. 17 pgs.

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Black American Women Poets and Dramatists » Read Now
by Harold Bloom. 247 pgs.

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Women Writers in Russian Literature (Chap. 11 "Waiting in the Wings: Russian Women Playwrights in the Twentieth Century") » Read Now
by Toby W. Clyman, Diana Greene. 273 pgs.

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..."For all readers interested in the fabric of women's literature and women in a literary society, this book represents the highest achievement to date in Russian studies." Choice
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Doing Gender: Franco-Canadian Women Writers of the 1990s ("Passionate Postmortems: Couples Plays by Women Dramatists" begins on p. 108) » Read Now
by Roseanna L. Dufault, Paula Ruth Gilbert. 396 pgs.

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Texas Women Writers: A Tradition of Their Own ("Literary Traditions in Works by African American Playwrights" begins on p. 253) » Read Now
by Sylvia Ann Grider, Lou Halsell Rodenberger. 461 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library
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Difference in View: Women and Modernism (Chap. 10 "The Pioneer Players: Plays of/with Identity") » Read Now
by Gabriele Griffin. 186 pgs.

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Contemporary Black American Playwrights and Their Plays: A Biographical Directory and Dramatic Index » Read Now
by Bernard L. Peterson Jr. 630 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

"This work provides a wealth of information on obscure and overlooked American playwrights as well as some famous ones; it will be a welcome addition for collections specializing in the theater arts." Reference Books Bulletin
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Wines in the Wilderness: Plays by African American Women from the Harlem Renaissance to the Present » Read Now
by Elizabeth Brown-Guillory. 251 pgs.

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"For those whose familiarity with black women playwrights is limited to the works of Lorraine Hansberry and Ntozake Shange, this collection of 15 plays written between 1925 and 1985 by eight authors will be a revelation. They express a passionate longing for social justice and for a stable...
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"For those whose familiarity with black women playwrights is limited to the works of Lorraine Hansberry and Ntozake Shange, this collection of 15 plays written between 1925 and 1985 by eight authors will be a revelation. They express a passionate longing for social justice and for a stable, nurturing relationship between black men and women. Introductions for each author provide biographical information and critical analyses. A useful bibliography of plays and secondary sources is also included. This anthology helps to fill a serious gap in the standard histories of American drama." Library Journal
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Unbroken Thread: An Anthology of Plays by Asian American Women » Read Now
by Roberta Uno. 328 pgs.

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'The plays in this volume span the range of Asian American women's experiences with passion, wit, anger, and blazing theatricality. Robert Uno's volume redresses a long-neglected gap in theatrical literature by bringing together six outstanding dramatic pioneers, whose innovations in story and form...
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'The plays in this volume span the range of Asian American women's experiences with passion, wit, anger, and blazing theatricality. Robert Uno's volume redresses a long-neglected gap in theatrical literature by bringing together six outstanding dramatic pioneers, whose innovations in story and form unleash new fire onto the American stage.'--David Henry Hwang
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