"I don't look at our society today too much. My focus is still in the past, and part of the reason is because what I do - the wellspring of art, or what I do - l get from the blues. So I listen to the music of a particular period that I'm working on, and I think inside the music is clues to what is happening with the people."

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About August Wilson

August Wilson was an American playwright known for the Pittsburgh Cycle, a series of ten plays about African American life in the 20th century. He received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.

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