The Dramatic Radiance of Number

Jay Wright is a poet’s poet; identified by poet Dante Micheaux as one of the best American poets— because “his poetry represents everything that America is and… not what he would like it to be.” One of two, this volume of Wright’s selected plays offers readers, performers, theatre makers, and scholars an expansive look into an under-explored area of the poet’s body of work, spanning over four decades, from the early 1970’s to 2015. Those who know Wright’s poetry will find familiar rhythms a...