Because of a review I read in the New York Times I decided to read The Alexander Plays by Adrienne Kennedy. I was most interested in one entitled "Ohio State Murders", which offers an explanation for why the plays of Kennedy's fictional stand-in, Suzanne Alexander, contain so much violence.
I had forgotten how much I enjoyed reading plays; they are short, pointed, and full of imagery. These 'conventional' works by Kennedy also pushed me past what I read most often (works by dead white males) - as they carry the views of a living black educated woman who has lived around the world. It even prompted me to look up the life and works of Frantz Fanon.
These plays did make it very clear to me that I am a scientist and that I want the facts. Since hearing that these plays were semi-autobiographical I desperately wanted to know which aspects were taken from Kennedy's life and which were fictional. Of course, most was fictional.
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