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August Wilson's Archives are Heading to the University of Pittsburgh

The 450-box acquisition includes the playwright's unpublished material, notebooks, early drafts of plays, and much more.

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The Chicago Tribune has reported that the archives of acclaimed playwright August Wilson are heading to the University of Pittsburgh.

Check out the full story HERE.

The 450-box acquisition includes unpublished material (including a draft of a play about Malcolm X), notebooks, early drafts of plays, prose writings, correspondence, props, his two Pulitzer Prize commemorations and MORE.

Wilson's widow Constanza Romero shared:


"August never threw anything away... But there among the cigarette cartons, menus and all the other stuff are some real insights into how he thought."

Read the full story HERE.

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