New York:: Random House,, (2002.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. The first novel by this Pulitzer Prize winning playwright (and the recipient of the MacArthur 'genius' award, among others.) Pearl Cleage states 'with a playwright's ear, a novelist's eye and a passionate appreciation for the complex magic of every day women, Suzan-Lori Parks spins a story whose characters are as mysterious and sexy as lace curtains billowing at the bedroom window.' 257 pp.

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Suzan-Lori Parks is a novelist, playwright, songwriter, and screenwriter. She was the recipient of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Topdog/ Underdog, as well as a 2001 MacArthur “genius grant.” Her other plays include Fucking A, In the Blood, The America Play, Venus, and The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World. Her first feature film, Girl 6, was directed by Spike Lee. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College, where she studied with James Baldwin, she has taught creative writing in universities across the country, including at the Yale School of Drama, and she heads the Dramatic Writing Program at CalArts. She is currently writing an adaptation of Toni Morrison’s novel Paradise for Oprah Winfrey, and the musical Hoopz for Disney. She lives in Venice Beach, California, with her husband, blues musician Paul Scher, and their pit bull, Lambchop. From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller: Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 29003
Title: GETTING MOTHER'S BODY.
Author: Parks, Suzan-Lori
Format/Binding: Hardcover first edition -
Book Condition: New Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Jacket Condition: fine
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1400060222
ISBN 13: 9781400060221
Publisher: Random House,
Place of Publication: New York:
Date Published: (2002.)
Keywords: first novel,
Bookseller catalogs: African American Literature;

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