Bullins, Ed

Bullins, Ed

▪ American author
born July 2, 1935, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.

      American playwright, novelist, poet, and journalist who emerged as one of the leading and most prolific dramatists of black theatre in the 1960s.

      A high-school dropout, Bullins served in the U.S. Navy (1952–55) before resuming his studies in Philadelphia and at Los Angeles City College, San Francisco State College, and other schools. He ultimately completed his education at Antioch University, Yellow Springs, Ohio (B.A., 1989), and at San Francisco State University (M.F.A., 1994).

      Bullins made his theatrical debut in August 1965 with the production of three one-act plays: How Do You Do?; Dialect Determinism, or The Rally; and Clara's Ole Man. After helping to found a black cultural organization and briefly associating with the Black Panther Party, Bullins moved to New York City.

      His first full-length play, In the Wine Time (produced 1968), examines the scarcity of options available to the black urban poor. It was the first in a series of plays—called the Twentieth-Century Cycle—that centred on a group of young friends growing up in the 1950s. Other plays in the cycle are The Corner (produced 1968), In New England Winter (produced 1969), The Duplex (produced 1970), The Fabulous Miss Marie (produced 1971), Home Boy (produced 1976), and Daddy (produced 1977). In 1975 he received critical acclaim for The Taking of Miss Janie, a play about the failed alliance of an interracial group of political idealists in the 1960s.

      Sharing the tenets of the black aesthetic movement, Bullins' naturalistic plays incorporated elements of black nationalism, “street” lyricism, and interracial tension. His other notable works include the plays Goin' A Buffalo (produced 1968) and Salaam, Huey Newton, Salaam (produced 1991), as well as the short-story collection The Hungered One (1971) and the novel The Reluctant Rapist (1973).

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