Pearl Cleage is an Atlanta-based writer whose work has won commercial acceptance and critical praise in several genres. An award-winning playwright whose Flyin' West was the most produced new play in the country in 1994, Pearl is also a best-selling author whose first novel, What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day, was an Oprah Book Club pick and spent nine weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Her subsequent novels have been consistent best sellers and perennial book club favorites.
Pearl Cleage
Black Women Got Something to Say: A Conversation with Pearl Cleage
Podcast
Black Women Got Something to Say: A Conversation with Pearl Cleage
27 July 2022
Playwrights Nurturing Cultural Community
Essay
Playwrights Nurturing Cultural Community
Pearl Cleage and Vera Starbard in Conversation, Part II
15 January 2020
Vocalizing Difficult Issues as Playwrights in Residence
Essay
Vocalizing Difficult Issues as Playwrights in Residence
Pearl Cleage and Vera Starbard in Conversation, Part I
14 January 2020
Calling in the Spirits
Essay
Calling in the Spirits
How Theatre Can Help Us Tell the Truth
20 June 2019
A Ritual for the Alliance Theatre at Almost Fifty
Essay
A Ritual for the Alliance Theatre at Almost Fifty
5 May 2017
Soul Serenade
Series
Soul Serenade
A series of occasional reflections from Pearl Cleage, Mellon Playwright in Residence at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia.