Best of Design Matters: Suzan-Lori Parks

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Arts, Design

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Innovators for the Next New Wave,” Suzan-Lori Parks is the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Topdog/Underdog. She joins to discuss her long and illustrious career as a playwright, musician, and novelist.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode of Design Matters originally dropped in April of 2024.
0:06.1	I felt like Thomas Jefferson had invited me into his house, and I listened to him, and I listen to Sally.
0:15.2	And then you realize, but it's not just history, it's us.
0:23.1	From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Milman.
0:30.5	For 19 years, Debbie Milman has been talking with designers and other creative people about what they do,
0:36.1	how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about and working on.
0:40.1	On this episode, Susan Laurie Parks talks about her life and her art.
0:45.0	Writing is my love language.
0:47.2	When you find yourself in one of my plays,
0:49.7	that's me saying, I love you.
0:51.5	I love you. I don't even know you.
1:03.1	Hello, it's Cal and Chip from the fellas here. We're currently being sponsored by Santander.
1:08.8	Cal, do you love cashback? With a Santander edge current account, you can get cash pack on your essential spend from your supermarket shop to
1:11.5	household bills and your everyday travel spend. And when you're traveling abroad, there are no fees
1:16.1	when you use your debit card. Search Santander Edge for more details. Over 18's only,
1:21.3	three pound monthly fee to maintain the account, pay in 500 pounds a month, excluding internal
1:26.2	transfers and have two active direct
1:28.3	debit. You may still be charged fees that are outside Santander's control when using your
1:32.6	card abroad. Cashback exclusions and teas and C's apply. Hey guys, it's Tony here from Tony Told
1:37.8	me and we are currently sponsored by Audible. Now, I love an audiobook on the move as there's so
1:43.0	much more to imagine when you relax and listen.
1:46.1	Audible has a new series called Hidden Histories with Nova Read, where Nova explores the stories of extraordinary black women who help shape pivotal moments in world history.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Design Matters Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Design Matters Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.