Books by Kia Corthron

DramaCharacters: 3 males, 2 femalesA Cool Dip offers glimpses into the lives of Abebe, a young Ethopian man with a passion for the unlikely combination of Christianity and ecology, and the family that houses himduring his college studies in Maryland. Through their interactions, the play uncompromisingly tackles the issues of drought and social injustice,combining a realistic evocation of human emotion with the fantastical to bring attention to the scarcity of something we so o

"Breath, Boom" is a play that explores the life of a hardened New York gang member whose chief obsession is the creation of the perfect fireworks display. The author considers this marginal character's attitude to her own perilous existence.