Approaches to teaching the plays of August Wilson

Preface to the Volume / Sandra L. Richards. Introduction ; Access to the Plays ; Full-Length Critical Resources ; Key Essays and Critical Anthologies ; Student Resources ; Additional Resources

Comparing Wilson with Shakespeare: Teaching the Politics and Practices of Race in Performance / Ayanna Thompson

Blues Brothers: Crosscurrents in Fences and A Streetcar Named Desire / Keith Clark

Teaching August Wilson in an American Drama Survey / Soyica Diggs Colbert

Person, Place, and the Ordinary in August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean / Douglas A. Jones, Jr.

August Wilson, Jazz Structure, and the Historical Record / Alan Nadel

Telling the Story: August Wilson's Challenge to Young Actors / Joan Herrington, Von Washington

Spotlight on Material Culture. The Logic of Chance: Blues and Policy in August Wilson's Two Trains Running / Andrew Scheiber

Spatial Politics and Memory: The Urban Geography of August Wilson's Radio Golf / James Engstrom, Paul K. Bryant-Jackson

Lesson Plans for the Millennial Student: An Interdisciplinary Course Inspired by the Plays of August Wilson / Sandra G. Shannon

African Routes. Teaching Joe Turner's Come and Gone / Harry J. Elam, Jr.

African Codes and the Satiric Impulses in Wilson / Femi Euba

"You on an Adventure": Teaching August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean / Sandra L. Richards

Teaching the Cycle: Understanding August Wilson's Fractal Dramaturgy / Faedra Chatard Carpenter

Teaching Students How to Examine the Role of Women in August Wilsons Plays / Dana A. Williams