E-mail a friendMay 19, 2004
Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks says she wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning play in only 3 days. Country artist Dierks Bentley wants to bring the traditional country sound to a younger audience
Suzan-Lori Parks
Suzan-Lori Parks
Suzan-Lori Parks gets excited about the possibility of theater and opening the door for everybody. With Topdog/Underdog, Parks is the first Black woman playwright to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama. Raised as an army brat, she attended high school in Germany. She's taught creative writing in universities across the country, including her alma mater, the Yale School of Drama. Getting Mother's Body is Parks' debut novel.
Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley picked up an electric guitar at age 13. Originally from Phoenix, he moved to Nashville and got involved in the local music scene. When he wasn't searching through old footage of country performances at his job at The Nashville Network, he was writing songs and playing music at all sorts of places. A demo Bentley recorded led to a publishing deal, and in 2003, Capitol Nashville released his self-titled debut album.