John Wideman
Description
I would find myself very angry about something, or very unhappy about something and not really know why, and the writing was a way to put some perspective on those very powerful emotions..." says John Edgar Wideman. Wideman is the first writer ever to win the International PEN/Faulkner Award twice-once for Sent for You Yesterday and six years later for Philadelphia Fire. In this program, Wideman explains the connections he makes between the Pittsburgh ghetto of his birth and the short stories in his collection, Damballah.
Runtime
26 min
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Date of Publication
[2012], c1982
Database
Films on Demand
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