Moon Marked & Touched by Sun: Plays by African-American Women
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Moon Marked and Touched by Sun: Plays by African-American Womentakes the reader on a dramatic cultural journey which is one well worth taking. Edited by Sydne Mahone, this volume contains plays by such celebrated authors as Aisha Rahman, Susan Lori Parks and Adrienne Kennedy, among others. Although some of the material such as Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negroand Parks' The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire Worldis a little abstract, this anthology is a must-read for any one with an interest in Black theater and an eye-opener for anyone intelligent enough to want to delve into the mind of the African-American woman. Moon Markedas a collection deals with the paradoxes of being Black, being female, and being an artist in a world which can be cruel to each and everyone of them.
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WARNING: This book is not for the weak at heart or mind: it contains some profanity and extremely thought-provoking material.
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