Jordan Mattox

I read Lorraine Hansberry’s masterpiece for the first time this December and watched a wonderful PBS documentary. Both just wetted my tastebuds for more. So I was excited to discover that Charles J. Shields, who wrote a wonderful biography of Harper Lee, has a biography of the playwright coming out this month:

I do think that Hansberry’s play should be something that high school students read. Many of themes covered in the play are issues that are just as relevant today as they were in the 50s and 60s.