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Lorraine Hansberry : the life behind A raisin in the sun
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First edition.
"Written when she was just twenty-eight, Lorraine Hansberry's landmark A Raisin in the Sun is listed by the National Theatre as one of the hundred most significant works of the twentieth century. Hansberry was the first Black woman to have a play performed on Broadway, and the first Black and youngest American playwright to win a New York Critics' Circle Award. Charles J. Shields's authoritative biography of one of the twentieth century's most admired playwrights examines the parts of Lorraine Hansberry'slife that have escaped public knowledge: the influence of her upper-class background, her fight for peace and nuclear disarmament, the reason why she embraced Communism during the Cold War, and her dependence on her white husband-her best friend, critic,and promoter. Many of the identity issues about class, sexuality, and race that she struggled with are relevant and urgent today. This dramatic telling of a passionate life-a very American life through self-reinvention-uses previously unpublished interviews with close friends in politics and theater, privately held correspondence, and deep research to reconcile old mysteries and raise new questions about a life not fully described until now"--
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- 16 of 20 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
1 current hold with 20 total copies.| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
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| Bronxville Public Library | B HANSBERRY (Text) Biography |
31004151827768 |
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| Croton Free Library | B HANSBERRY (Text) Biography |
31006151856762 |
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| Eastchester Public Library | B HANSBERRY (Text) Biography |
31008152562076 |
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| Greenburgh Public Library | B HANSBERRY (Text) Biography |
31009154738268 |
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| Irvington Public Library | BIO HANSBERRY, L (Text) Biography |
31012154564213 |
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| Larchmont Public Library | B HANSBERRY (Text) New Biography |
31014152617332 |
Checked out 02/15/2023 |
| Mount Kisco Public Library | B HANSBERRY (Text) Biography |
31017100355145 |
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| Mount Pleasant Public Library | B HANSBERRY, LORRAINE (Text) Biography |
31024153783066 |
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| Mount Vernon Public Library | B HANSBERRY (Text) Biography |
31018155625580 |
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| New Rochelle Public Library | B HANSBERRY (Text) Biography |
31019156701545 |
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