{"product_id":"sassy-mamas-and-other-plays-celeste-bedford-walker-9781648431210","title":"Sassy Mamas and Other Plays","description":"Celeste Bedford Walker, one of the most accomplished contemporary playwrights in Texas, crafts dramas from history and everyday life that illuminate the African American experience in all its variety, tragedy, pathos, and hilarity. Collected here are five of her most acclaimed plays: \u003ci\u003eSassy Mamas, Greenwood: An American Dream Destroyed, Reunion in Bartersville, Distant Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCamp Logan\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e The topics treated by Walker are timelier than ever. \u003ci\u003eSassy Mamas\u003c\/i\u003e follows \"three women of substance and of a certain age who flip the script on gender stereotypes and become involved with younger men.\" \u003ci\u003eGreenwood: An American Dream Destroyed\u003c\/i\u003e tells the powerful story of the horrific attack on the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, once known as the \"Black Wall Street.\" In \u003ci\u003eReunion in Bartersville\u003c\/i\u003e, described by Walker as \"a comedy-mystery in two acts,\" the 50-year class reunion of Bartersville High School turns to hilarious suspense when an unexpected guest arrives. Recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, \u003ci\u003eDistant Voices\u003c\/i\u003e \"resurrects\" persons buried in College Memorial Park, the second-oldest African American cemetery in Houston, to celebrate the wisdom of those gone before. \u003ci\u003eCamp Logan\u003c\/i\u003e is based on real-life events in Houston in 1917, when members of the highly decorated 24th Infantry Regiment were subjected to brutal Jim Crow treatment, resulting in a riot that left dozens dead and the execution of seventeen African American soldiers for mutiny. \u003cbr\u003e Readers and audiences should be prepared to laugh out loud, to be challenged, to be disturbed, and above all, to be enlightened by this poignant collection of plays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Celeste Bedford Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1648431216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781648431210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.98w x 1.50d","brand":"Celeste Bedford Walker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44131770859775,"sku":"9781648431210","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4dabd7e-e5f2-45fe-a384-9d19d4ccf137.jpg?v=1687476302","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sassy-mamas-and-other-plays-celeste-bedford-walker-9781648431210","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}