The Fluency of Light: Coming of Age in a Theater of Black and White

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TheFluencyofLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sightlinebooks The Iowa Series in Literary Nonfiction Patricia Hampl & Carl H. Klaus, series editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AishaSabatiniSloan TheFluency ofLight Coming of Age in a Theater of Black and White University of Iowa Press Iowa City University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright © 2013 by Aisha Sabatini Sloan www.uiowapress.org Printed in the United States of America Text design by Richard Hendel No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of material used in this book. The publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach. The University of Iowa Press is a member of Green Press Initiative and is committed to preserving natural resources. Printed on acid-free paper ISBN-13: 978-1-60938-160-8 ISBN-10: 1-60938-160-2 LCCN: 2012945879 for my parents ...