Oct. 1 Knight School
Join us via Google Meet for a book club discussion led by English Department Chair Mark Luce.
7-8:30 p.m. CT
Join us here: https://meet.google.com/oif-cgbe-mru
October selection: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
In a series of 10 plays set in each decade of the 20th century, primarily in Pittsburgh, August Wilson forged a different kind of history. From emancipation to gentrification, from hardscrabble lives to joyous blues, the plays trace the arc of Black life in America. These searing works will stay with you long after the last page is turned. We will discuss four of Wilson's plays and examine music, economics, race, gender, and the implications of the Great Migration: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, and Gem of the Ocean.
RSVP here.
Who's coming?
Alexey Ayzin '19
Anne Canfield '63
Max Cantu-Limu '13
Whitney Crooks '08
Aaron Dupuis '13
Kelsie Jackson '19
Lauren Fox Kanan '15
Will Kanan '13
Victoria Hoss Lee '09
Mark Luce*
Ariza Nanji '19
Joseph Penn '14
Libby Rohr '17
Anne Potter Russ '78
Cynthia Scott '11
* = Honorary Alum
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Join us here: https://meet.google.com/oif-cgbe-mru
October selection: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
In a series of 10 plays set in each decade of the 20th century, primarily in Pittsburgh, August Wilson forged a different kind of history. From emancipation to gentrification, from hardscrabble lives to joyous blues, the plays trace the arc of Black life in America. These searing works will stay with you long after the last page is turned. We will discuss four of Wilson's plays and examine music, economics, race, gender, and the implications of the Great Migration: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, and Gem of the Ocean.
RSVP here.
Who's coming?
Alexey Ayzin '19
Anne Canfield '63
Max Cantu-Limu '13
Whitney Crooks '08
Aaron Dupuis '13
Kelsie Jackson '19
Lauren Fox Kanan '15
Will Kanan '13
Victoria Hoss Lee '09
Mark Luce*
Ariza Nanji '19
Joseph Penn '14
Libby Rohr '17
Anne Potter Russ '78
Cynthia Scott '11
* = Honorary Alum
