"A big-hearted, beautifully detailed story, chronicling how one mother and son grew closer amid unspeakable tragedy and the upheaval of a nation.
Coleman's story is an important footnote to American history, one that highlights how the pursuit of justice--even amid tragedy and in the face of evil--can transform lives in profound and powerful ways."
--Dean Bakopoulos, author of My American Unhappiness
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EVENTS:
June 15-19 - Coleman teaches "Memoir - (dis)Closure" intensive workshop at Univ of Wisc Write-by-the-Lake
BIO:
He challenged Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger and J. Edgar Hoover in the 1960s. He managed Chicago's premiere music venue (Park West) in the 1970s. He headed Chicago's gay men's health clinic (Howard Brown) in the height of the 1980s AIDS epidemic. He owned a successful software company (The Conference Works) in the 90s and chaired the world's leading association for the meetings industry (Meetings Professional International). In the early 21st century he built his own outdoor black-box theatre (Alley Stage), where, over five years, he premiered 30 new plays by American playwrights.
Coleman is the author of an award-winning memoir (SPOKE) a collection of plays (FAUX POE) and a novel (KIDNAPPING HENRY KISSINGER). He is a prolific playwright.
He received a Literary Artist Fellowship from the Wisconsin Arts Council and is a three-time recipient of an artist-community collaboration grant from the Wisconsin Arts Council. He teaches writing workshops for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a two-time recipient of a Dramatist Guild Foundation grant for his work in producing original plays.
He is a member of the Dramatist Guild of America and Playwrights Ink (Madison).
He challenged Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger and J. Edgar Hoover in the 1960s. He managed Chicago's premiere music venue (Park West) in the 1970s. He headed Chicago's gay men's health clinic (Howard Brown) in the height of the 1980s AIDS epidemic. He owned a successful software company (The Conference Works) in the 90s and chaired the world's leading association for the meetings industry (Meetings Professional International). In the early 21st century he built his own outdoor black-box theatre (Alley Stage), where, over five years, he premiered 30 new plays by American playwrights.
Coleman is the author of an award-winning memoir (SPOKE) a collection of plays (FAUX POE) and a novel (KIDNAPPING HENRY KISSINGER). He is a prolific playwright.
He received a Literary Artist Fellowship from the Wisconsin Arts Council and is a three-time recipient of an artist-community collaboration grant from the Wisconsin Arts Council. He teaches writing workshops for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a two-time recipient of a Dramatist Guild Foundation grant for his work in producing original plays.
He is a member of the Dramatist Guild of America and Playwrights Ink (Madison).