This chapter explores the speaker's early musical influences and the support they received from their family. It also addresses the societal challenges faced by black musicians, reflecting on the impact of race in music during their formative years.
Named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Innovators for the Next New Wave,” Suzan-Lori Parks is the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Topdog/Underdog. She joins to discuss her long and illustrious career as a playwright, musician, and novelist.