Inimitable is an apt word for this boundary-crushing artist whose plays earned her the distinction of being the first African American woman playwright to win a Pulitzer Prize. Parks’ bold revisions of familiar figures, innovations in expressing dialogue on paper, and penchant for exploding theatrical norms have cemented her place as a trailblazer in the field. As Vogue magazine put it, “Parks has burst through every known convention to invent a new theatrical language.”
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