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Elizabeth Weinbloom, author of ClassicNote. Completed on April 10, 2009, copyright held by GradeSaver.
Updated and revised by Damien Chazelle May 31, 2009. Copyright held by GradeSaver.
August Wilson. The Piano Lesson. New York: Penguin Group, 1990.
Mary L. Bogumil. Understanding August Wilson. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1999.
Fishman, Joan. "Developing His Song." August Wilson, A Casebook, ed. Marilyn Elkins. New York: Garland Publishing, 2000.
Gantt, Patricia. "Ghosts From "Down There.'" August Wilson, A Casebook, ed. Marilyn Elkins. New York: Garland Publishing, 2000.
Interview with August Wilson. Richard Pettengill. Chicago, IL: 25 January 1993.
Marra, Kim. "Ma Rainey and the Boyz: Gender Ideology in August Wilson's Broadway Canon." August Wilson, A Casebook, ed. Marilyn Elkins. New York: Garland Publishing, 2000.
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