2 February 2010

Grio100 Lynn Nottage, a warrior writer

taliawhyte The Grio Lynn Nottage

By Talia Whyte

Lynn Nottage calls herself a warrior writer. The New York playwright inspires with honest portrayals of strong “warrior women,” drawn from the characters in her own life, like her grandmother, who also had a knack for telling stories.

“I grew up in a family of storytellers,” Nottage during a NPR interview. “My grandmother was a phenomenal storyteller, and I think if she lived in a different generation, she probably would have written for the stage or she would have written novels.”

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