Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Study Guide Sources

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Sources

Bogumil, Mary, Understanding August Wilson, University of South Carolina Press, 1999, pp. 15-33.

Day, Frank, August Wilson, Twayne, 1999, pp. 39-54.

Gilroy, Paul, "Modern Tones," in Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, edited by Richard J. Powell, University of California Press, 1997.

Herrington, Joan, i ain't sorry for nothing i done, Limelight Editions, 1998, pp. 41-51.

Kissel, Howard, Review of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, in Women's Wear Daily, October 12, 1984.

Pereira, Kim, August Wilson and the African-American Odyssey, University of Illinois Press, 1995.

Rich, Frank, Review of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, in New York Times, April 11, 1984, 1C.

Simon, John, "Black Bottom, Black Sheep," in New York Post, October 22, 1984, p. 95.

Wilson, August, Three Plays, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991.

Wilson, Edwin, "On Broadway: Ma Rainey," in Wall Street Journal, October 16, 1984.