Laurence Glasco has often walked the streets of Pittsburgh’s historic Hill District neighborhood, both by himself and with students as part of his work exploring and documenting Black life in the city.
The stroll through the winding, cobbled avenues helps Glasco connect with playwright August Wilson, who, before he became a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, also walked the same streets observing and absorbing the stories of the everyday men and women around him.
Now Glasco, professor emeritus in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of History, has written “August Wilson’s American Century: Life As Art,” a biography of the playwright, recently published by the University of Pittsburgh Press.
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