August Wilson, Playwright

[ndrosen]

I went to the Post Office earlier today to mail a few packages, pick up a form to apply for a new passport, and buy some more stamps. I chose a sheet of August Wilson stamps; I didn’t know who he was, but I told the clerk I’d Google him, which I have done. Although the name didn’t trigger my memories about the man and playwright, I had heard of him; I remember seeing something about him on television years ago; perhaps it was a Sixty Minutes story, back when Mr. Wilson was alive and able to talk.

Also, I have heard about a movie of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom being made recently, although the name of the man who wrote the play didn’t stick. It seems fitting to honor such a man of letters with a stamp.