In the Heart of America and Other Plays

by Naomi Wallace

Overview

Naomi Wallace's plays speak the underside of life. Her characters suffer and survive against the enormous weight of the times with a dignity that inspires. Her work challenges the audience and reader to reexamine the conflicts and meaning of our everyday lives through her singular, poetic imagery and language.

Includes: One Flea Spare
In the Heart of America
Slaughter City
The War Boys
The Trestle at Pope's Creek

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781559361866
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	06/01/2000
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Naomi Wallace is from Kentucky. She was a 1999 recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, the grant popularly known as the genius award. A published poet in both England and The United States, she has also received grants from The Kentucky Foundation for Women and The Kentucky Arts Council and a 1997 NEA grant for poetry.

Table of Contents

	One Flea Spare	1
	In the Heart of America	77
	The War Boys	143
	Slaughter City	197
	The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek	277