Suzan-Lori Parks is the next playwright that will be highlighted. Suzan-Lori Parks (born 10 May 1963) is an African-American playwright and screenwriter. She received the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant in 2001, and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Topdog/Underdog. Parks was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky into a military family. She spent part of her … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Playwrights