My impulse was to write the last black play ever for myself. I really believed if I put it all into one play, people would leave me alone.
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Tim Zuck, Taj, 1985, oil on canvas, 32½ x 48 inches. Courtesy of Sable-Castelli.
Originally published in
Paul Auster by Joseph Mallia, Black-Eyed Susan, Jeanne-Pierre Gorin, April Gornik, Freya Hansell & Susan Rothenberg.
My impulse was to write the last black play ever for myself. I really believed if I put it all into one play, people would leave me alone.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins