Additional Resources for Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress

Trouble in Mind Further Reading

Brown-Guillory, Elizabeth. "Alice Childress: A Pioneering Spirit" in Sage, Spring 1987, pp. 66-68.

An interview with Childress which focuses primarily on biographical information and professional inspiration.

Brown-Guillory, Elizabeth. Their Place on the Stage: Black Women Playwrights in America, Greenwood Press, 1988, pp. 28-34.

Discusses many playwrights, including Childress. The analysis of Childress includes a discussion of Trouble in Mind.

Bryer, Jackson R., editor. "Alice Childress," in The Playwright's An: Conversations with Contemporary American Dramatists, Rutgers University Press, 1995, p. 48.

This interview, which took place about a year before Childress's death, covers her life and career.

Dugan, Olga.' Telling the Truth: Alice Childress as Theorist and Playwright," The Journal of Negro History, Annual 1996, pp. 123-37.

This essay discusses Childress's theories about drama and African Americans in her essays as well as some basic biographical information.

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