. . . "Nonfiction films"@en . "Feature films"@en . . "Educational films"@en . . "John Edgar Wideman"@en . . "John Edgar Wideman" . "Filmed interviews"@en . . . "Interviews"@en . "Interviews" . "\"John Edgar Wideman is one of America's premier fiction writers. With language full of sinew and music, he writes about the evolving role of the black man in today's society, chronicling the often brutal and enraging experiences of African Americans who are struggling to survive. He read from The Stories of John Edgar Wideman and work in progress in Los Angeles on April 6, 1993, and talked with Michael Silverblatt\"--Container."@en . "\"John Edgar Wideman is one of America's premier fiction writers. With language full of sinew and music, he writes about the evolving role of the black man in today's society, chronicling the often brutal and enraging experiences of African Americans who are struggling to survive. He read from The Stories of John Edgar Wideman and work in progress in Los Angeles on April 6, 1993, and talked with Michael Silverblatt\"--Container." . . . . . . . "\"John Edgar Wideman is one of America's premier fiction writers. With language full of sinew and music, he writes about the evolving role of the black man in today's society, chronicling the often brutal and enraging experiences of African Americans who are struggling to survive. He read from The Stories of John Edgar Wideman and work in progress in Los Angeles on April 6, 1993, and talked with Michael Silverblatt\"--VHS container."@en . . . . "Filmed literary readings"@en . . . "John Edgar Wideman read from his book The Stories of John Edgar Wideman and unpublished work."@en . "Documentary"@en . "John Edgar Wideman with interview by Michael Silverblatt"@en . "1900 - 1999" . . . .