Beauty's Daughter, Monster, The Gimmick: Three Plays
"There is a tough and necessary beauty in this writing, in these finely-detailed portraits of funny, infuriating, heroic people--. Orlandersmith hears the human need for dignity and justice, for love--. She is critic, witness, and poet."--Tony Kushner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofAngels in America"[Orlandersmith's] depictions of the characters in her native East Harlem neighborhood--some broken, some on the way down--are passionate and full of insight."--The New Yorker"An exciting new voice--of fiery rebellion and lilting lyricism--at once full of anger and compassion."--The New York Times