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...When he started writing poetry, Wilson immersed himself in poets like Wallace Stevens, Robert Lowell and Dylan Thomas--and "as a result, it took me from 1965 to 1973 to find my own voice." In his plays, by contrast, "I was free to find my own way." Says Marion McClinton, who has directed several of Wilson's plays, including Jitney and King Hedley II: "He pulled his whole artistic style and breath and soul from who [black people] were. He wasn't writing to get validation from the dominant cultural forces in this country. He didn't care about that...
...N.A.A.C.P. special counsel who won the case and later served as a Supreme Court Justice. But other vestiges of that time have been wiped away. Although blacks and whites still live largely apart on opposite sides of town, the city recently elected its first black mayor, James McClinton, and the schools are fully integrated...
...brood: nearly all her 10 children and 30 grandchildren lived with her at one time or another. "They are dirty and noisy, and they are ruining the neighborhood," complained a neighbor. Residents launched an unsuccessful petition drive to force Fields out. "All those kids are little troublemakers," said Carl McClinton, 23, who lives down the street. "This is the kind of neighborhood where we all look after each other's kids, but they are a rougher breed...
...could drive real well. It was like a midget driving a luxury car." Sometimes he hung out at the local garage, learning about alternators and fuel injectors. When he wasn't stealing cars, he was throwing things at them or setting them on fire. "What could you do?" asks McClinton. "Tell his grandmother? She'd yell at him, and he'd be right back on the street. If the police picked him up, they'd just bring him back home because he was too young to lock up. He was untouchable, and he knew that...
...Delbert McClinton, July 27, 8:30 p.m. $4.50 advance, $5.50 day of show. With Allen Estes Band...