Critical University Studies and Performance explores how we contend with issues of power, race, class, and gender in higher education, specifically as they relate to the complexities of theater and performance studies programs. In what ways might the fields of theater, performance, and dance studies, as they operate in institutions of higher education, support hegemonic logics as well as model reparative practices, given their perhaps unique disciplinary relationships to staging r...

Love, Lust and Longing is a collection of modern sonnets and artwork depicting the human experience revolving around sexual and loving relationships and the desire to connect in sexual and lasting ways with one another. The book delves into the possibilities for sexual connection and self fulillment. It also tackles the subjects of long-time relationships and aging wantonness. Love, Lust and Longing expresses the joy and pain of trying to ill the soul with love and quench the life-long nee...

How much can a heart hold before it begins to break — or bloom?In How Much a Heart Can Take, poetry becomes a quiet refuge for those navigating the tender terrain of longing, grief, and loss.This chapbook offers 22 emotionally resonant poems that trace the slow unraveling of memory, love, and the ache that lingers in absence. With a lyrical voice and introspective tone, each poem invites readers to sit with sorrow,...

August Wilson is one of the twentieth century's most important and acclaimed playwrights. This volume demonstrates Wilson's significance to contemporary theatre, culture, and politics by providing fresh and compelling insights into his life, practices, and contributions as an artist and public intellectual. Across four thematically organized sections, contributors situate Wilson's work in his social, cultural and political contexts, examine ongoing developments in Wilson studies, explore t...

How are Black artists, activists, and pedagogues wielding acts of rebellion, activism, and solidarity to precipitate change? How have contemporary performances impacted Black cultural, social, and political struggles? What are the ways in which these acts and artists engage varied Black identities and explore shared histories?Contemporary Black Theatre and Performance investigates these questions to illuminate the relationship between performance, identity, intersectionali...

The lines of The Long Becoming convey a quiet understanding of the self: “A life is never a single story.” Over time, we unfold into multiple facets. Each version leaves something behind: memories, regrets, and small moments of courage. These fragments shape what comes next. No single moment defines a life; it is their accumulation that gives it meaning.This novel traces a life through its changes, between what we remember clearly and what fades with time. It is about tran...