{"product_id":"a-a-raisin-in-the-sun-9781350470590","title":"A A Raisin in the Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLorraine Hansberry \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1930 in Southside, Chicago. \u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e was her first play and opened in March 1959, making history by being the first play written by a female Black author to be staged on Broadway and winning the New York Critics' Circle Award. Her career was cut tragically short by her death in 1965, aged 34.\u003cb\u003eIsaiah Matthew Wooden\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor at Swarthmore College, US, and a director, dramaturg, and critic. His research and teaching focuses on 20th and 21st century African-American art, drama and performance. Wooden is the author of \u003ci\u003eReclaiming Time: Race, Temporality, and Black Expressive Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(2025) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eAugust Wilson in Context \u003c\/i\u003e(2025) and \u003ci\u003eTarell Alvin McCraney: Theater, Performance and Collaboration \u003c\/i\u003e(2020).","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359365464407,"sku":"9781350470590","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350470590.jpg?v=1754124439","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-a-raisin-in-the-sun-9781350470590","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}