Notes on the August Wilson American Century Cycle

October 2025

More notes on Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Notes on Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

Oct 20 • Raymond Maxwell

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a poem for Herald Loomis, et.al.

Old Mill Hand Lunch Bucket – Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

Oct 19 • Raymond Maxwell

Borges and the Shiny Man in Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Have I discovered a source explaining Bynum’s Shiny Man in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone?

Oct 17 • Raymond Maxwell

A palate-cleanser/pace-changer as we prepare for Fences next week, Wilson's most popular play

This is what happens when I read Wilson’s Fences and Dante’s Inferno at the same time.

Oct 10 • Raymond Maxwell

Post study group notes on Jitney and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom - 10062025

n our recent study group discussion on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, we talked about instances in both Jitney and Ma Rainey where anger aroused in…

Oct 10 • Raymond Maxwell

Jitney, after the OLLI study group discussion

Monday, September 29, 2025

Oct 1 • Raymond Maxwell

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September 2025

Ismael Reed's Foreword to Jitney

a brief summary/synopsis

Sep 21 • Raymond Maxwell

Paperback and hardcopy editions are now available

Y'all already know I am a big aficionado of August Wilson and his plays, the American Century Cycle.

Sep 19 • Raymond Maxwell

New study group starts September 29.

A new 10-week study group for the August Wilson American Century Cycle of plays begins at OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) American University…

Sep 3 • Raymond Maxwell

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August 2025