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A founding member of the American Negro Theatre, Childress became in 1952 the first African-American woman to see her play (Gold through the Trees) professionally produced in New York and in 1956 the first to receive an Obie Award (for Trouble in Mind). She is perhaps best known today, for A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich, her 1973 novel for young adults about a 13-year-old black boy addicted to heroin. At the time of her death in 1994, Childress could lay claim to a writing career of more than 40 years in which she examined with honesty and passion the meaning of being black, and especially of being black and female, in a culture where being white and male was what counted. As Childress herself once said, "I concentrate on portraying have-nots in a have society."
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reviewed Alice Childress on November 12, 2018 Alice Childress
I love this book because it takes you into the homes and inner makings of artists from Amy Tan, to Joyce Carol Thomas and many writers I had never heard of but am now curious to read. I am very fond of reading about what makes writers tick; this is a good inside view even if a bit dated. Actually, because it is dated, I find it all the more interesting. Published in 1990, Amy Tan had only one huge success at point, so it fascinates me to see how thee authors have grown, matured, changed ... or disappeared from public view.I am savoring it at the moment, but almost finished.
The basic message from most writers is do it regularly, as serious work and be disciplined.
One of my favorite interviews is with Harriett Doerr who returned to college at age 65! I find her very inspiring and look forward to reading her first published book,STONES FROM IBERRA. Has anyone out there read it?
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