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Title: What the Wine-Sellers Buy Plus Three: Four Plays by Ron Milner (African American Life Series) by Ron Milner, Amiri Baraka, Woodie, Jr. King ISBN: 0-8143-2929-2 Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr Pub. Date: July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: One of the lesser known, great African-American playwrights
Comment: Ron Milner is one of the great overlooked African-American writers of our time. Perhaps it is because he writes plays--something most people never take the time to read. I can only imagine how great these would be performed. Milner's works are largely didactic--I have read reviews that liken them to Christian morality plays. But, the didacticism is not necessarily preachy--Milner writes what he knows. What he knows is the life of inner-city, poor, African-American youth and the temptations they face. Dealing with those temptations--drugs, sex, easy money--is the thread that connects most of Milner's works. Even Checkmates, which is ostensibly about the generation gap, has a certain amount of tension because of "easy money"--the older generation thinks the younger generation has it too easy. Critical reception of Milner's works has been mixed, though predominantly reception has been poor. He has a few stalwart supporters (Amiri Baraka and Woodie King) who feel Milner is the chronicler of the inner-city African-American youth rising out of the Black Theater movement to become the chronicler of middle class African-Americans. I think his works are certainly worth a read.