What Does the Closure of ‘Ain’t No Mo’ Mean for the Future of Black Stories?
Jordan E. Cooper’s satire could have had more success if it had kept cultivating audiences as intentionally as it did throughout its early development.
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Jordan E. Cooper’s satire could have had more success if it had kept cultivating audiences as intentionally as it did throughout its early development.
What began as a dark thought experiment—what if Black folks just left America and its racist violence behind?—has grown into a scathing satire that speaks to something deep inside audiences.
Sylvia Khoury, Jordan E. Cooper, and Donnetta Lavinia Grays will each receive a $50,000 prize.
This year the annual award will be given to 20 playwrights in an effort to meet the immediate needs of writers.